Sericocarpus linifolius

(Linnaeus) Britton

Prelim. Cat., 26. 1888. not Britton 1888

Common names: Narrow-leaf white-topped aster
Endemic
Basionym: Conyza linifolia Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 861. 1753,
Synonyms: A. solidagineus Michaux Sericocarpus solidagineus (Michaux) Nees
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 103. Mentioned on page 101.

Plants 22–75 cm. Stems erect (stout, branched), glabrate. Leaves: basal and proximalmost cauline withering by flowering; cauline sessile; blades linear, 10–80 × 1–10 mm, margins entire, apices acuminate, faces glabrate. Heads 2–4 per branch, in broadly corymbiform arrays. Peduncle bracts broadly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, glabrate. Involucres 4–6 mm. Phyllaries in 3–4 series, outer 2–4 mm, mid 3–4 mm, glabrate. Ray florets 2–6; tubes 2–4 mm, laminae 4–11 mm. Disc florets 5–15; corollas 2–4 mm, lobes 1–2 mm. Ovaries obconic, 0.8–1.3 mm, densely strigose; pappi: inner series 3–6 mm. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering mid summer–early fall.
Habitat: Dry to moist sandy, clay, and gravelly soils of open deciduous and pine woods, oak and pine barrens, roadsides, fields
Elevation: 0–900 m

Distribution

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Ala., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Ind., Ky., La., Md., Mass., Miss., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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John C. Semple +  and Michelle R. Leonard +
(Linnaeus) Britton +
Conyza linifolia +
Narrow-leaf white-topped aster +
Ala. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Ga. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Mass. +, Miss. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
0–900 m +
Dry to moist sandy, clay, and gravelly soils of open deciduous and pine woods, oak and pine barrens, roadsides, fields +
Flowering mid summer–early fall. +
Prelim. Cat., +
A. solidagineus +  and Sericocarpus solidagineus +
Sericocarpus linifolius +
Sericocarpus +
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