Doellingeria infirma(Michx.) Greene

cornel-leaf whitetop

WFO wfo-0000038083 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Doellingeria infirma, photographed by Mark Richman
fig. a Mark Richman, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-08-01 / obs. 148081678
Doellingeria infirma, photographed by Tom Field
fig. b Tom Field, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 94007305
Doellingeria infirma, photographed by Daniel McClosky
fig. c Daniel McClosky, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 88282769
Doellingeria infirma, photographed by Judy Gallagher
fig. d Judy Gallagher, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 10907873
Doellingeria infirma, photographed by Carol Ann McCormick
fig. e Carol Ann McCormick, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 145900465
Doellingeria infirma, photographed by Becky Dill
fig. f Becky Dill, CC0 1.0 / obs. 144659055
Doellingeria infirma, photographed by Carol Ann McCormick
fig. g Carol Ann McCormick, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 47049252
Doellingeria infirma, photographed by John Abrams
fig. h John Abrams, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 45640095

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Doellingeria infirma is native: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia AlabamaConnecticutFloridaGeorgiaKentuckyMarylandMassachusettsNew JerseyNew YorkNorth CarolinaOhioPennsylvaniaSouth CarolinaTennesseeVirginiaWest Virginia DelawareRhode I.
Native distribution of Doellingeria infirma, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Connecticut CNT
Delaware DEL
Florida FLA
Georgia GEO
Kentucky KTY
Maryland MRY
Massachusetts MAS
New Jersey NWJ
New York NWY
North Carolina NCA
Ohio OHI
Pennsylvania PEN
Rhode I. RHO
South Carolina SCA
Tennessee TEN
Virginia VRG
West Virginia WVA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 10 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aster cornifolius Muhl. ex Willd.
  • Aster humilis Willd.
  • Aster infirmus Michx.
  • Diplopappus cornifolius (Muhl. ex Willd.) Lindl. ex Torr. & A.Gray
  • Diplopappus cornifolius (Muhl. ex Willd.) Less. ex Darl.
  • Diplostephium cornifolium (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC.
  • Diplostephium humile (Willd.) Sweet
  • Doellingeria cornifolia (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nees
  • Doellingeria humilis (Willd.) Britton
  • Doellingeria umbellata subsp. humilis (Willd.) W.Stone

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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