Ionactis linariifolia

(Linnaeus) Greene

Pittonia 3: 245. 1897.

Common names: Flax-leaf ankle-aster flaxleaf whitetop or aster aster à feuilles de linaires
Endemic
Basionym: Aster linariifolius Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 874. 1753
Synonyms: Aster linariifolius var. victorinii Fernald
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 83. Mentioned on page 82.

Plants 10–50(–70) cm (commonly cespitose; rhizomes compact, crownlike, woody, fibrous-rooted). Stems proximally herbaceous or slightly woody, eglandular. Leaves separated by evident internodes; blades uniform, linear to narrowly oblong or oblanceolate, 12–40 mm, margins green, faces glabrous, eglandular. Heads usually in loose, corymbiform arrays, sometimes borne singly. Involucres 6–9 mm. Disc florets bisexual, fertile; corollas (4.5–)5–7 mm. Cypselae (2.5–)3.5–4 mm, eglandular. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering (Jun–)Sep–Nov.
Habitat: Sandy habitats, often seeps or other moist sites, commonly in longleaf pine communities along Gulf Coast, or inland sites of rocky hills, ridges, bluffs, sometimes in clay, in oak pine woods, sandy cracks and ledges of acid rocks in stream falls or rapids, open jackpine stands on sand
Elevation: 5–800(–900) m

Distribution

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N.B., Que., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Miss., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Ionactis linariifolia was noted by M. L. Fernald (1950) to occur in “s. Minn.”; G. B. Ownbey and T. Morley (1991) did not include it for Minnesota.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Guy L. Nesom +
(Linnaeus) Greene +
Aster linariifolius +
Flax-leaf ankle-aster +, flaxleaf whitetop or aster +  and aster à feuilles de linaires +
N.B. +, Que. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Vt. +, Va. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +
5–800(–900) m +
Sandy habitats, often seeps or other moistSandy habitats, often seeps or other moist sites, commonly in longleaf pine communities along Gulf Coast, or inland sites of rocky hills, ridges, bluffs, sometimes in clay, in oak pine woods, sandy cracks and ledges of acid rocks in stream falls or rapids, open jackpine stands on sandls or rapids, open jackpine stands on sand +
Flowering (Jun–)Sep–Nov. +
Aster linariifolius var. victorinii +
Ionactis linariifolia +
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