OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stokesia laevis   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stokesia laevis   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Stokesia laevis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Stokesia laevis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-23-001:

Stokesia laevis   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Stokesia laevis

 

COMMON NAME:
Stokes Aster, Stokesia, Blue Stokesia


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JK Marlow    jkm080705_160

July    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Stokesia laevis, Stokes Aster, Stokesia, Blue Stokesia

JK Marlow    jkm160727_465

July    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

In Asteraceae, styles of fertile florets have 2 stigmatic branches [bifid, bifurcate, 2-branched], per PlantNET: New South Wales Flora online.

image of Stokesia laevis, Stokes Aster, Stokesia, Blue Stokesia

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_070522Hayesville12b

July    Clay County    NC

image of Stokesia laevis, Stokes Aster, Stokesia, Blue Stokesia

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_070522Hayesville12ed

July    Clay County    NC

image of Stokesia laevis, Stokes Aster, Stokesia, Blue Stokesia

JK Marlow    jkm120815_636

August    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Phyllary margins pectinately spiny-toothed (at least at base), per Flora of North America.

image of Stokesia laevis, Stokes Aster, Stokesia, Blue Stokesia

JK Marlow    jkm120815_650

August    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Basal leaves evergreen, lance-shaped w a white central vein, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002).

image of Stokesia laevis, Stokes Aster, Stokesia, Blue Stokesia

JK Marlow    jkm120815_673

August    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Stem leaves reduced upward, becoming sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Stokesia laevis, Stokes Aster, Stokesia, Blue Stokesia

JK Marlow    jkm120815_788

August    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Ray flowers 5-lobed, 2.5-3.5cm long, lobes 5-12mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Stokesia laevis, Stokes Aster, Stokesia, Blue Stokesia

JK Marlow    jkm120815_793

August    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Involucres hemispheric; bracts imbricate, outer bracts foliaceous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Stokesia laevis   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Stokesia laevis   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Stokesia laevis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Stokesia laevis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-23-001:
Stokesia laevis   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stokesia laevis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1469

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Pitcherplant bogs and moist pinelands, and also rather frequently grown as a garden plant and naturalized from cultivation in states outside its native distribution, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Coastal Plain of GA & SC; introduced inland

Rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (waifs elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Basal leaves evergreen
Simple
Basal & alternate (reduced upward)

FLOWER:
Summer
Rays: Blue/ Violet
Disc: Blue/ Violet
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Achene

 

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