Doellingeria sericocarpoides

Doellingeria sericocarpoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Doellingeria
Species:	D. sericocarpoides
Binomial name
	Doellingeria sericocarpoides; Small
Synonyms
	Aster sericocarpoides (Small) K.Schum.; Aster umbellatus var. brevisquamus Fernald; Aster umbellatus var. latifolius A.Gray; Doellingeria umbellata var. latifolia (A.Gray) House;

Doellingeria sericocarpoides, the southern tall flat-topped aster or southern whitetop aster, is a North American perennial forb native to the eastern United States. It ranges from eastern Texas and southeastern Oklahoma to northern Florida north as far as New York State, though uncommon in the northern part of that range.^[2]

Doellingeria sericocarpoides is a perennial up to 150 cm (5 feet) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. It can sometimes produce as many as 200 small flower heads, each with 2-7 white ray florets and 4-20 yellow disc florets.^[3]

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photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Arkansas, type specimen of Doellingeria sericocarpoides

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[1] The Plant List, Doellingeria sericocarpoides Small

[2] Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map

[3] Flora of North America, Southern tall flat-topped or southern whitetop aster. Doellingeria sericocarpoides Small

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