Ionactis linariifolia
| Ionactis linariifolia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Ionactis |
| Species: | I. linariifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Ionactis linariifolia (L.) Greene 1897 | |
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Synonymy
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Ionactis linariifolia also known as the flax-leaf ankle-aster, flaxleaf whitetop or simply aster[2] is a North American species of plants in the daisy family. It was initially classified by Carolus Linnaeus as Aster linariifolius,[3] known as the stiff-leafed aster.[4]Ionactis was classified as a separate genus by Edward Lee Greene in 1897.[5]
Ionactis linariifolia grows across much of eastern and central North America from Florida north as far as Québec and New Brunswick, and west to extreme eastern Texas.[6]
Ionactis linariifolia is an herb up to 70 cm (28 inches) tall. Leaves are green, long and narrow, up to 4 cm (1.6 inches) long. The plant usually produces several flower heads in a flat-topped array. Each head has blue, white, or violet ray flowers surrounding numerous yellow disc flowers.[7]
References
- ↑ The Plant List, Ionactis linariifolia (L.) Greene
- ↑ http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067004 Flora of North America
- ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 874 in Latin
- ↑ Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Washington - Baltimore area, page 22
- ↑ Greene, Edward Lee. 1897. Pittonia 3(17C): 245–246
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ Flora of North America, Ionactis linariifolia (Linnaeus) Greene, 1897. Flax-leaf ankle-aster, flaxleaf whitetop or aster, aster à feuilles de linaires
