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Wetland and Aquatic Plants
of
Oklahoma
Interactive Keys: Emergent
White Flowers
10.
Inflorescence highly modified into disk and ray flowers
Sunflowers
(Asteraceae)
Starwort
(Boltonia
asteroides (L.)
L'Hér.)
Native
perennial.
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NWI status:
FACW
Spiny
aster (Chloracantha spinosa
(Benth.) Nesom)
Native perennial.
Note: This species can be locally invasive.
NWI status:
FACW
Yerba de
Tajo (Eclipta
alba (L.) Hassk)
Native perennial.
NWI status:
FACW-
Common
boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum
L.)
Native Perennial.
Note: Larval food plant for some moth species. The Cherokee, Delaware, and Seminole used
this plant to treat chills and fever.
NWI status:
FACW+
Saltmarsh
aster (Symphyotrichum subulatum
(Michx.) Nesom)
Native annual.
Note: Appears as a wetland undergoes drawdown. It can be very aggressive and perdominate in
a wetland.
NWI status:
OBL
Last update: 2/18/04
Comments to : Bruce Hoagland
bhoagland@ou.edu
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