page_title: Sericocarpus linifolius
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Sericocarpus linifolius / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Sericocarpus linifolius (L.) Britton, Sterns &amp; Poggenb. - narrowleaf whitetop aster
context_page_description: Sericocarpus linifolius is a perennial forb native to the eastern United States, that produces white composite flowers in summer.
context_section_description: Sericocarpus linifolius has a smooth slender 30 to 75 centimeter tall stem. Its leaves are sessile, they are 2.5 to 5 centimeters long, and only 3 to 6 millimeters wide. They are thick and rough around the edges. The flower heads are borne on branches forming a flat topped cluster. Each flower head consists of 5 to 15 disk flowers and 2 to 6 ray flowers, which are about a centimeter long. The fruit are cypselae with a pappus of white bristles.
caption: Botanical illustration of Sericocarpus linifolius (1913)
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