Sericocarpus asteroides (L.) Britton Sterns & Poggenb.
Toothed white-topped aster
Kingdom Plantae Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom Tracheobionta Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division Magnoliophyta Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class Magnoliopsida Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass Asteridae A large class that encompasses asters
Order Asterales Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies
Family Asteraceae The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers
Genus Sericocarpus From the Greek serikos , “silky,” and karpos , “fruit”
Species asteroides Resembling the aster
About plant names...
The toothed white-topped aster is a North American native.
Identification: As asters go (there are zillions of different kinds), these
are sort of disheveled-looking, at least the ones I've seen. I don't mean to pick on them, but
they are easy to overlook at first. Toothed white-topped asters are 6-26″ (14-65 cm) tall, with stems
covered with soft, downy hairs. Leaves are roughly oval-shaped, smooth-edged toward the bottom,
rounded toward the tip of each leaf.
Each flower consists of a central disk flower that is off-white, and
four to eight white petals that form the ray flower. Flowerheads are ½″ (1.3 cm) across, occurring
in small clusters. They flower between June and October.
Online References:
Www.jeffpippen.com
Maine.gov’s Department of Conservation Maine Natural Areas Program
The Connecticut Botanical Society's Connecticut wildflowers site
Discover Life
SEINet—the Southwest Environmental Information Network
EFloras
References:
Newcomb, Lawrence, Morrison, Gordon (Illus.), Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide , Little, Brown and Company, 1977 , p. 210
Peterson, Roger Tory, McKenny, Margaret, Peterson Field Guides: Wildflowers—Northeastern and North Central North America , Houghton Mifflin, 1968 , p. 94
7/31/2012 · Bemis Rd Conservation Area, Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 4 × 6″ (10 × 15 cm) ID is uncertain
7/31/2012 · Bemis Rd Conservation Area, Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 8″ (13 × 19 cm) ID is uncertain
Older scientific or horticultural names
Aster asteroides (L.) MacMill.
Aster paternus Cronquist
Conyza asteroides L.
Sericocarpus asteroides description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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7/31/2012 · Bemis Rd Conservation Area, Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (17 × 11 cm) ID is uncertain
7/31/2012 · Bemis Rd Conservation Area, Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 4½ × 7″ (11 × 17 cm) ID is uncertain
7/31/2012 · Bemis Rd Conservation Area, Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 7 × 11″ (18 × 27 cm) ID is uncertain
Range:
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