Doellingeria umbellata (P. Mill.) Nees var. umbellata

Locations ofDoellingeria umbellata (P. Mill.) Nees var. umbellata in Virginia

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Family
Asteraceae
Botanical Name
Doellingeria umbellata (P. Mill.) Nees var. umbellata
Common Name
Tall Flat-topped White Aster
Synonym(s)
Aster umbellatus Miller var. umbellatus; Aster umbellatus Mill. var. brevisquamus Fernald
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Doellingeria umbellata (P. Mill.) Nees var. umbellata
Comments
Sorrie (2022, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 16(2): 377-418) clearly established that Fernald's Aster umbellatus var. brevisquamus is not conspecific with D. sericocarpoides, and that bona fide material of the latter does not occur north of south-central North Carolina. Doellingeria umbellata var. pubens (A. Gray) Britt. occurs in moist habitats of the upper Midwest.
Habitat
Bogs, fens, seeps, seepage swamps, wet meadows and clearings, high-gradient stream margins and bars, and high-elevation meadows and balds; tolerant of a range of soil chemistries. Infrequent but widespread in the mountains and Piedmont; rare in the inner Coastal Plain.
Native Status
Native

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