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Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum

Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum, La Nana Trail, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co. 3962

Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum, La Nana Trail, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co. 3952

Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum, La Nana Trail, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co. 3955

Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum, La Nana Trail, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co. 3964

Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum, La Nana Trail, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co. 3957

Scientific Name	Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum (Aster dumosus var. dumosus)	USDA PLANTS Symbol	SYDUD2
Common Name	Rice Button Aster	ITIS Taxonomic Serial No.	566329
Family	Asteraceae (Sunflower)	SEINet Reference	Click Here
Description	Habitat: Sandy or loam soils in open sites, occasionally marshy ground, old fields, woodlands, meadows, and pastures. Plant: Erect, ascending, or sprawling perennial, with 1 to 5 (or more) straight, brittle stems 12 to 40 inches long; numerous and long branches in the inflorescence. Leaves: Alternate, lower stem leaves, usually withered by flowering, are oblanceolate to spatulate, 1/3 to 2 inches long, 1/8 to 5/8-inch wide, smooth and sessile with a single central prominent vein; smaller leaves in clusters at axils. Inflorescence: Open panicle about 6 to 9 inches long with numerous white composite flowerheads, each about 1/2-inch across with 15 to 30 white to bluish rays and about the same number of yellow disk florets, turning reddish-purple with age; involucres are cylindrical to bell-shaped and usually ~1/4-inch long with appressed or slightly spreading phyllaries, in layers of 4 to 6; outer phyllaries are oblong-oblanceolate and light green with dark green tips. Bloom Period: August to November. References: Flora of North America, Vascular Plants of North Carolina, and Illinois Wildflowers.	BONAP Distribution Map Map Color Key	Texas Status: Native

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