Sericocarpus

White-topped aster
Sericocarpus rigidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Astereae[1]
Genus:	Sericocarpus Nees 1832 not Greene
Synonyms[1][2]
Aster sect. Sericocarpus (Nees) Semple Aster subgen. Sericocarpus (Nees) A.G. Jones Aster sect. Serratifolii Loudon Oligactis Raf.

Sericocarpus is a genus of North American plants in the aster tribe within the sunflower family.^[3][4]

Species^[1][5]

1. Sericocarpus asteroides - USA (MS AL GA FL SC NC TN KY WV VA MD DE NJ PA OH MI NY CT MA RI VT NH ME)
2. Sericocarpus conyzoides USA (NY)^[6]
3. Sericocarpus linifolius - USA (LA MS AL GA SC NC TN KY WV VA MD DE NJ PA OH IN MI NY CT MA RI NH)
4. Sericocarpus oregonensis USA (CA OR WA)
5. Sericocarpus rigidus - Canada (BC), USA (WA OR)
6. Sericocarpus tortifolius - USA (LA MS AL GA FL SC NC)

formerly included^[1]

see Eucephalus

• Sericocarpus tomentellus - Eucephalus tomentellus

References