| Accepted name: |
Doellingeria umbellata (Miller) Nees var. umbellata |
| Synonym(s): |
-Aster umbellatus Miller var. umbellatus
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| English names: |
Flat-top White Aster
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| French names: |
Aster à ombelles
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
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| OPL Code: |
HDOEUMU
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
The Potawatomi use the flowers as a SMUDGE to drive away evil spirits working against a patient's recovery. Used anomg the whites as an EXPECTORANT and an EMMENAGOGUE. It has also been used to cure CROUP (*4). |
| Key Characters: |
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