Taxon: Sericocarpus linifolius (L.) Britton et al.

Common names:

• narrow-leaf aster   (Source: F Ohio [as Aster solidagineus]) – English
  
• narrow-leaf white-top aster   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• whitetop aster   (Source: F Carolin [as Aster solidagineus]) – English
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia

References:

• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. [= Aster solidagineus].
• Nesom, G. L. 1994. Review of the taxonomy of Aster sensu lato (Asteraceae: Astereae), emphasizing the New World species. Phytologia 77:267.
• Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967–. The vascular flora of Ohio. [= Aster solidagineus].
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. [= Aster solidagineus].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Sericocarpus linifolius.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Sericocarpus linifolius.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Sericocarpus linifolius.

Synonyms:

• (=) Aster solidagineus Michx.
  
• (≡) Conyza linifolia L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Sericocarpus linifolius (L.) Britton et al.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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