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Stokes' Aster

Stokesia laevis

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33.2233, -96.717

Field Notes

Description:

The bloom is cornflower-like, violet blue flowers with the pincushion center. The leaves are large lanceolate and arranged in a basal rosette.

Habitat:

Planted in a new landscape.

Notes:

This plant is native to wetlands, bottomlands, wet pinewoods, savannas and ditches mostly along the coastal plain from North Carolina to Florida to Louisiana. Genus name honors English physician/botanist Jonathan Stokes (1755-1831).

Reference Links:

Stokesia (plant), Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin

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PublishedJuly 22, 2014

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