Climbing Aster (Ampelaster carolinianus)

Climbing Aster, a reference photo — Photo: Everglades NPS from Homestead, Florida, United States · Public domain

Ampelaster is a North American monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. There is a single known species, Ampelaster carolinianus, with the common name of climbing aster. It is native to the southeastern United States, in the States of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Climbing Aster being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Symphyotrichum elliottii

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ampelaster
Species: Ampelaster carolinianus

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