Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides
(White Heath Aster)
Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides, San Angelo State Park, Tom Green Co. 1214
Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides, Lake Colorado City State Park, Mitchell Co. 3283
Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides, Lake Colorado City State Park, Mitchell Co. 3281
Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides, Lake Colorado City State Park, Mitchell Co. 3282
Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides, Lake Colorado City State Park, Mitchell Co. 3277
Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides, San Angelo State Park, Tom Green Co. 1049
Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides, San Angelo State Park, Tom Green Co. 1211
Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides, San Angelo State Park, Tom Green Co. 1042
| Scientific Name | Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides (Aster ericoides) | USDA PLANTS Symbol | SYER |
| Common Name | White Heath Aster | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 522202 |
| Family | Asteraceae (Sunflower) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Various soil types in prairies, open and disturbed areas. Plant: Colony-forming upright single-stemmed, much-branched perennial from rhizomes, up to 40 inches tall, main branches arching or reclining and bearing many short flower-bearing branchlets. Leaves: Midstem leaves usually withered by flowering; upper and branchlet leaves linear to oblong, 3/8 to 3/4-inch long, sessile, grayish green, usually hairy surfaces and margins; branchlet blades appressed (pressed closely to the stems). Inflorescence: A few to many small white composite flowers crowded along one side of the branchlets, each about 1/2-inch across and with 10 to 18 white rays and 6 to 12 yellow disk florets becoming brown; involucre is cylindrical to bell-shaped, phyllaries in a series of 3 to 4, unequal in length. Bloom Period: July to December. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Wildflowers of Texas" by Geyata Ajilvsgi, Flora of North America and SEINet. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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