Ampelaster

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Ampelaster
Climbing Aster, NPSPhoto, S.Zenner (9099847231).jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Astereae
Genus:
Ampelaster

G.L.Nesom
Species:
A. carolinianus
Binomial name
Ampelaster carolinianus
(Walter) G.L.Nesom
Synonyms[1][2][3]
Synonymy
Ampelaster carolinianus

Ampelaster is a North American genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.

There is a single known species, Ampelaster carolinianus, known as climbing aster.[4] It is native to the southeastern United States, in the States of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.[1][5][6][7]

Ampelaster carolinianus is unusual in the family in that it is a climber, using other plants to support its weight. Sometimes it uses adventitious roots to this end. Flower heads are 1-15 per branch, with both ray florets and disc florets, the flowers pale pink to rose-purple.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Flora of North America, Vol. 20 Page 460, Climbing aster, Ampelaster carolinianus (Walter) G. L. Nesom, Phytologia. 77: 250. 1995.
  2. ^ The Plant List Ampelaster carolinianus (Walter) G.L.Nesom
  3. ^ Tropicos, Ampelaster carolinianus (Walter) G.L. Nesom
  4. ^ "Plants Profile for Ampelaster carolinianus", Plants Database, USDA
  5. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  6. ^ Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1981. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States Dicotyledons 1–944. Univ. Georgia Press, Athens
  7. ^ Long, R. W. & O. K. Lakela. 1971. A Flora of Tropical Florida: A Manual of the Seed Plants and Ferns of Southern Peninsular Florida i–xvii, 1–962. University of Miami Press, Coral Cables

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