PLANTS Profile for Sericocarpus linifolius (narrowleaf whitetop aster)

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Sericocarpus linifolius (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
narrowleaf whitetop aster

Symbol:

SELI5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Sericocarpus linifolius (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 405. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Sericocarpus linifolius (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

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Synonyms:
Sericocarpus linifolius (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

	ASSO2	Aster solidagineus Michx.
	COLI10	Conyza linifolia L.

Distribution:
Sericocarpus linifolius (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.


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USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Sericocarpus linifolius (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 5 species in Sericocarpus

Classification:
Sericocarpus linifolius (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Sericocarpus Greene – whitetop aster
Species	Sericocarpus linifolius (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. – narrowleaf whitetop aster

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sericocarpus linifolius (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

This plant and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New Hampshire:
white-topped aster		Threatened
New York:
Aster solidagineus
flax-leaf whitetop		Threatened
Ohio:
Aster solidagineus
narrow-leaved aster		Threatened
Pennsylvania:
Aster solidagineus
narrow-leaved white-topped aster		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Sericocarpus linifolius (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 508090.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 06:53 AM CDT