# Ampelaster

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***Ampelaster*** is a North American [monotypic genus](/source/Monotypic_genus) of [flowering plants](/source/Flowering_plant) in the family [Asteraceae](/source/Asteraceae). There is a single known species, ***Ampelaster carolinianus***, with the [common name](/source/Common_name) of **climbing aster**.[1] It is native to the southeastern [United States](/source/United_States), in the States of [Florida](/source/Florida), [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)), [North Carolina](/source/North_Carolina), and [South Carolina](/source/South_Carolina).[2]

*Ampelaster carolinianus* is unusual in the family in that it is a [climber](/source/Climbing_plant), using other plants to support its weight. Sometimes it uses [adventitious roots](/source/Adventitious_roots) to this end. [Flower heads](/source/Flower_heads) are 1–15 per branch, with both [ray florets](/source/Ray_florets) and [disc florets](/source/Disc_floret), the flowers pale pink to rose-purple.[1]

## Citations

1. Semple 2006b.

1. POWO 2022.

## References

- POWO (2022). "*Ampelaster carolinianus* (Walter) G.L.Nesom". 981704-1. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- Semple, J.C. (2006a). Vol. 20. Retrieved 18 September 2022. – via eFloras.
- Semple, J.C. (2006b). Vol. 20. Retrieved 18 September 2022. – via eFloras.

## External links

- [Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas](http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=AMCA14)
- [eNature field guide, Climbing Aster *Ampelaster carolinianus (Aster carolinianus*)](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080541/http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?recNum=WF0541)
- [University of Waterloo (Canada), *Ampelaster* The Climbing Aster](https://uwaterloo.ca/astereae-lab/research/asters/ampelaster)
- [JC Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University](http://jcra.ncsu.edu/resources/photographs/plants-results.php?serial=100465)

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