Sericocarpus caespitosus Nesom
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- Family
- Asteraceae
- Botanical Name
- Sericocarpus caespitosus Nesom
- Common Name
- Clumped White-top Aster
- Synonym(s)
- Sericocarpus asteroides (L.) B.S.P. (sensu lato), in part
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Sericocarpus asteroides (L.) B.S.P., in part
- Comments
- Nesom (2021, Phytoneuron 2021-33: 1-33) has split Sericocarpus asteroides, as traditionally circumscribed, into two species based on growth habit and geography. He restricts the name Sericocarpus asteroides to plants of the Coastal Plain and lower Piedmont that are colonial from long, scaly, creeping rhizomes. Plants of the upper Piedmont, Appalachians, and Interior Low Plateau have a cespitose habitat with no creeping rhizomes and are given the new name Sericocarpus caespitosus. These taxa are largely allopatric but overlap to some extent in the Piedmont in our area. New maps are based largely on those in Nesom (2021), modified slightly by additional herbarium data. Note that going forward, identification of specimens will not be possible without the inclusion of well-collected roots.
- Habitat
- Dry forests, woodlands, and clearings. Frequent to common in the mountains and w. Piedmont. New records can probably be expected in additional Piedmont counties.
- Native Status
- Native
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