Walter’s Aster
Symphyotrichum walteri (Alexander in Small) G.L. Nesom is native to sandy, clayey soils, margins of woods, open oak-pine scrub, pine flatwoods, fields, roadsides of outer Piedmont and the Coastal plain from central North Carolina to Florida (). The species is distinguished by its erect to scandent-climbing stems that are branched from mid to upper nodes, thick, firm, ± succulent, patent to reflexed leaves, and heads borne singly, overall in diffusely paniculiform arrays. The species is tetraploid with x=5 (2n=20).
Brouillet, L., J.C. Semple, G.A. Allen, K. Chambers and S. Sundberg. 2006. Symphyotrichum Nees. pp. 465-539. In Flora North America Editorial Committee, eds. Flora of North America. Vol. 20. Asteraceae, Part 2. Astereae and Senecioneae. Oxford University Press, New York.
Last revised 16 May 2025 by J.C. Semple
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1-4. Symphyotrichum walteri. 1-2. Habitat and habit, Semple & Chmielewski 6062, Harnet Co., North Carolina. 3. Cormoid rootstock and inflorescence branch, Semple et al. 4022, Coffee Co., Georgia. 4. Head and stem leaf, S et al. 4022.