Flower ID: IMG_3759.JPG-08-11-2022 Flower name (scientific): Doellingeria umbellata (Miller) Nees PY: 1832. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) doh-lin-GEER-ee-uh um-bell-AY-tuh Flower name (common): Flat-topped White Aster Family name (common): Aster Family name (scientific): Asteraceae Scientific name origin: Genus: Named to honor the German doctor Ignaz Döllinger (1770 1– 1841). Specific epithet: Flowers present in a head arising from the same point, referred to as an umbel. Common name origin: From the common name of the family to which the plant belongs, the flower color, and the flatish appearance of the many flowers. Flower description: Size: 0.5 to 0.8 inches (1.3 to 2.0 cm) Petal count: 5 , typically 5 to 10 ray florets, can be 2 to 16 ray florets. Disc florets typically 11 to 26, can be 5 to 50. Color: white Other: flower arrangement, None Plant description: Size: 20 to 78 inches (51 to 198 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is alternate, type is simple Size: Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, broadly to narrowly elliptic (FNA), elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic (IL) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Uncommon Bloom time (typical): July to September Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Prairies, woodland margins, thickets, meadows, fields, bogs, swamps, wet to moist, semi shade to sun. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Ethnobotany: Latitude: 44.797710 Longitude: -91.500708 Altitude: 247.00 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, La Crosse, Lafayette, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Polk, Portage, Price, Racine, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Sawyer, Shawano, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Walworth, Washburn, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (AB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: Aster umbellatus Miller Gard. Dict., ed. 8. Aster no. 22 [textus s.n.] (1768). Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym:Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata (The other infraspecific is Doellingeria umbellata var. pubens Britton which occurs in the north central states of the US and most of Canada.) Wetland Status (NC): FACW Wetland Status (MW): FACW