View source for Sericocarpus tortifolius

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|accepted_name=Sericocarpus tortifolius
|accepted_authority=(Michaux) Nees
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Sp. Aster.,
|place=151. 1832
|year=1832
}}
|common_names=Dixie white-topped aster
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Aster tortifolius
|authority=Michaux
|publication_title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication_place=2: 109. 1803
}} {{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Conyza bifoliatus
|authority=Walter
|publication_title=
|publication_place=
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aster bifoliatus
|authority=(Walter) H. E. Ahles
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sericocarpus acutisquamus
|authority=(Nash) Small
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sericocarpus bifoliatus
|authority=(Walter) Porter
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sericocarpus collinsii
|authority=Nuttall
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Sericocarpus;Sericocarpus tortifolius
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Astereae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sericocarpus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Sericocarpus tortifolius]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 103
|treatment_page=page 104
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>33–117 cm. <b>Stems</b> erect, hairy. <b>Leaves</b> basal and proximalmost cauline withering by flowering; cauline sessile; blades obovate, 10–40 × 3–10 mm, margins entire, apices acuminate to slightly cuspidate, faces hairy, resinous. <b>Heads</b> 2–4 per branch, in corymbiform arrays. <b>Peduncle</b> bracts broadly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, hairy. <b>Involucres</b> 5–8 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in 4–5 series, outer 2–3 mm, first mid 3–4 mm, second mid 4–6 mm, puberulent. <b>Ray</b> florets 2–5; corolla tubes 3–4 mm, laminae 3–6 mm. <b>Disc</b> florets 6–11; corolla tubes 4–6 mm, lobes 1–2 mm. <b>Ovaries</b> fusiform-obconic, 1–3 mm, densely strigose; pappi: inner series 6–8 mm. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering mid summer–early fall.
|habitat=Dry to moist clay, sandy and gravelly open soils in oak and pine barrens, oak scrub, pastures, roadsides, mostly coastal plain
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.
|tables=
|references=
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name=Sericocarpus tortifolius
|author=
|authority=(Michaux) Nees
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Aster bifoliatus;Sericocarpus acutisquamus;Sericocarpus bifoliatus;Sericocarpus collinsii
|basionyms=Aster tortifolius;Conyza bifoliatus
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering mid summer–early fall.
|habitat=Dry to moist clay, sandy and gravelly open soils in oak and pine barrens, oak scrub, pastures, roadsides, mostly coastal plain
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.
|reference=None
|publication title=Gen. Sp. Aster.,
|publication year=1832
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Sericocarpus
|species=Sericocarpus tortifolius
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