Ionactis linariifolia

ClassificationDicots
FamilyAsteraceae
Family (Traditional)Asteraceae
GenusIonactis
Species:Ionactis linariifolia (L.) Greene
Common NameFlax Leaf Ankle Aster
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Reproductive Phenology: November; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Blue; Base Flower Color: White; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Cypsela; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: corymb/cyme/umbel; Inflorescence Types: head; Inflorescence Types: solitary; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5; Tepal Number: N/A
C value 7
StatusNative
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Aster linariifolius Aster linariifolius L.
Aster linariifolius var. linariifolius Aster linariifolius var. linariifolius
Aster linariifolius var. victorinii Aster linariifolius var. victorinii Fernald
Diplopappus linariifolius Diplopappus linariifolius
Ionactis linariifolius Ionactis linariifolius (L.) Greene

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Bracken (KY), Calloway (KY), Carter (KY), Harlan (KY), Hart (KY), Jefferson (KY), Knox (KY), Laurel (KY), Logan (KY), Lyon (KY), McCreary (KY), Marshall (KY), Pike (KY), Powell (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rowan (KY), Trigg (KY), Wolfe (KY), Benton (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Campbell (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Chester (TN), Cocke (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Greene (TN), Grundy (TN), Hawkins (TN), Johnson (TN), McNairy (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Monroe (TN), Morgan (TN), Perry (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Roane (TN), Scott (TN), Sevier (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN), Washington (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, MDKY, MEM, MTSU, SWMT, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1972 - 2015

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
N/A Powell Kentucky 12 Aug 1992 R.C. Clark
22683
EKY
Ionactis linariifolia
MDKY00009845 Carter Kentucky
MDKY
Aster linariifolius
MDKY00009844 Knox Kentucky
MDKY
Aster linariifolius
MDKY00009841 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Aster linariifolius
MDKY00009847 Bracken Kentucky
MDKY
Aster linariifolius
MDKY00009843 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Aster linariifolius
TENN-V-0220666 McNairy Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220637 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220642 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220671 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220690 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220673 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220670 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220689 Stewart Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220665 McNairy Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
31234100861887 Wolfe Kentucky 20 Aug 1973 Jerry Buskin
1603
EKY
Ionactis linariifolia
ETSU007078 Unicoi Tennessee 25 Nov 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Aster linariifolius
MDKY00009836 Logan Kentucky
MDKY
Aster linariifolius
MDKY00009837 Harlan Kentucky
MDKY
Aster linariifolius
MDKY00009840 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Aster linariifolius
MDKY00009846 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Aster linariifolius
TENN-V-0220657 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220692 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220662 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220668 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220648 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220650 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220680 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220641 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220676 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220647 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220655 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220691 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220678 Perry Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220645 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220674 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220672 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220685 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220679 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220663 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0075649 Logan Kentucky 14 Oct 1976 Raymond Athey
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0076683 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0056077 Stewart Tennessee 06 Oct 2015 Edward W. Chester
14917
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0076825 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
HTTU008763 Morgan Tennessee
HTTU
Aster linariifolius
ETSU007079 Johnson Tennessee 05 Oct 2013 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Aster linariifolius
ETSU006408 Greene Tennessee 17 Sep 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220643 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220694 White Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220656 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220634 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220686 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220652 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220649 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220640 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0047015 Franklin Tennessee 11 Oct 2014 Mason Brock, Dwayne Estes, Justin Thomas, Nate Parrish
791
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0026185 Maury Tennessee 12 Oct 2000 Dwayne Estes
1466
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0111110 Calloway Kentucky
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
HTTU008758 Morgan Tennessee
HTTU
Aster linariifolius
HTTU002591 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Aster linariifolius
TENN-V-0220651 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220660 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220693 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220684 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220677 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220658 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220644 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220653 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220681 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0026182 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0074627 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
HTTU008764 Morgan Tennessee
HTTU
Aster linariifolius
N/A Tennessee A. Ruth
UCHT
Aster linariifolius
UOS01022 Coffee Tennessee 01 Oct 1996 Landon E. McKinney
UOS
Ionactis linariifolia
UOS01021 Coffee Tennessee 10 Oct 1996 Douglas E. Kennemore, Jr.
UOS
Ionactis linariifolia
N/A Powell Kentucky 08 Oct 1994 R.C. Clark
23024
EKY
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220659 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220654 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220635 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220664 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220639 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0072833 White Tennessee 08 Sep 2013 Mason Brock, Kelly Anderson, Judy Redden
320
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0026180 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0026181 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0071438 Pulaski Kentucky 02 Oct 1987 Max Medley
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0102755 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0076692 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0026183 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
HTTU008762 Morgan Tennessee
HTTU
Aster linariifolius
ETSU012535 Tennessee
ETSU
Aster linariifolius
N/A Powell Kentucky 08 Oct 1994 Ross C. Clark
23024
EKY
Ionactis linariifolia
N/A Powell Kentucky 12 Aug 1992 Ross C. Clark
22683
EKY
Ionactis linariifolia
MDKY00009839 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Aster linariifolius
MDKY00009838 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Aster linariifolius
TENN-V-0220675 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220669 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220638 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220688 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0055433 Cumberland Tennessee 15 Sep 2013 Devin Rodgers, Mason Brock
97
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0083499 Hart Kentucky
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0101951 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0077811 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
HTTU008765 Morgan Tennessee
HTTU
Aster linariifolius
UOS01017 Franklin Tennessee 24 Oct 2007 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Ionactis linariifolia
ETSU012536 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Aster linariifolius
SWMT04043 Benton Tennessee 07 Aug 1984 Brent Hedges
283
SWMT
Aster linariifolius
MDKY00009842 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Aster linariifolius
TENN-V-0220683 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220661 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220667 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220682 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0075656 Calloway Kentucky
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
HTTU008767 Morgan Tennessee
HTTU
Aster linariifolius
HTTU008760 Morgan Tennessee
HTTU
Aster linariifolius
MTSU021284 Coffee Tennessee 01 Oct 1996 Landon E. McKinney
MTSU
Aster linariifolius
UOS01015 Franklin Tennessee 05 Oct 1995 Yolande M. Gottfried
UOS
Ionactis linariifolia
HTTU008766 Morgan Tennessee
HTTU
Aster linariifolius
ETSU012534 Sullivan Tennessee
16683
ETSU
Ionactis linariifolia
N/A Tennessee A. Ruth
UCHT
Aster linariifolius
TENN-V-0220646 Chester Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220636 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0026187 Campbell Tennessee 25 Sep 2008 Aaron Floden
755
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0111148 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0075650 Calloway Kentucky
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
HTTU002542 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Aster linariifolius
HTTU008759 Morgan Tennessee
HTTU
Aster linariifolius
UOS01019 Franklin Tennessee 28 Sep 2003 Yolande M. Gottfried
UOS
Ionactis linariifolia
ETSU009458 Washington Tennessee 02 Oct 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Ionactis linariifolia
TENN-V-0220687 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Ionactis linariifolia
APSC0068658 Laurel Kentucky 02 Oct 1987 Max Medley
APSC
Ionactis linariifolia
UOS01018 Franklin Tennessee 14 Sep 1973 Bruce W. Hackeman
UOS
Ionactis linariifolia
UOS01020 Franklin Tennessee 28 Sep 1985 R.K. Clements
UOS
Ionactis linariifolia
MEM017630 Marshall Kentucky 05 Oct 1979 Raymond Athey
4524
MEM
Aster linariifolius
HTTU008761 Morgan Tennessee
HTTU
Aster linariifolius
HTTU008768 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Aster linariifolius
MEM007050 Calloway Kentucky 26 Sep 1972 Raymond Athey
2168
MEM
Aster linariifolius
MEM012309 Trigg Kentucky 26 Oct 1977 Raymond Athey
3915
MEM
Aster linariifolius
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Ionactis linariifolia - Tara Littlefield
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Ionactis linariifolia - Theo Witsell
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Ionactis linariifolia - Theo Witsell
Ionactis linariifolia - Theo Witsell
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