PLANTS Profile for Oclemena acuminata (whorled wood aster)

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Oclemena acuminata (Michx.) Greene
whorled wood aster

Symbol:

OCAC

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Oclemena acuminata (Michx.) Greene

Aster acuminatus

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 432. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Oclemena acuminata (Michx.) Greene

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Synonyms:
Oclemena acuminata (Michx.) Greene

	ASAC6	Aster acuminatus Michx.
	ASACM	Aster acuminatus Michx. var. magdalenensis Fernald

Distribution:
Oclemena acuminata (Michx.) Greene


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USA (CT, GA, KY, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WV), CAN (NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC)

Related Taxa:
Oclemena acuminata (Michx.) Greene

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 4 species in Oclemena

Classification:
Oclemena acuminata (Michx.) Greene

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Oclemena Greene – aster
Species	Oclemena acuminata (Michx.) Greene – whorled wood aster

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Oclemena acuminata (Michx.) Greene

The synonym italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Kentucky:
Aster acuminatus
whorled aster		Threatened
Ohio:
Aster acuminatus
mountain aster		Presumed Extirpated

More Accounts and Images:
Oclemena acuminata (Michx.) Greene

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 507627.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/22/2008 10:50 AM MDT