Symphyotrichum campestre

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Symphyotrichum campestre
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S. campestre flower head

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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Symphyotrichum
Subgenus: Symphyotrichum subg. Virgulus
Species:
S. campestre
Binomial name
Symphyotrichum campestre
Symphyotrichum campestre native distribution map: Canada — Alberta and British Columbia; US — California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.
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Symphyotrichum campestre (formerly Aster campestris) is a species of flowering plant of the family Asteraceae commonly known as western meadow aster.[4] It is native to much of western North America where it grows in many habitats, generally at some elevation.[3]

Description[]

Symphyotrichum campestre is a perennial, herbaceous plant growing to a maximum height near 40 centimeters (15+3⁄4 inches) from a long rhizome. The brown stems, leaves, and some parts of the flower heads are covered with tiny glands on tiny stalks called "stipitate glands". The leaves can be 1 to 8 centimeters (1⁄2 to 3+1⁄4 inches) long depending on their location on the plant, and linear to oval in shape. The inflorescence holds several flower heads containing many violet ray florets around a center of yellow disc florets. The fruit is a hairy cypsela.[3]

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    S. campestre colony in Idaho

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    S. campestre involucre

Citations[]

  1. ^ NatureServe 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Hassler 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Brouillet et al. 2006.
  4. ^ USDA, NRCS 2014.

References[]

  • Brouillet, L.; Semple, J.C.; ; ; (2006). "Symphyotrichum campestre". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 20. New York and Oxford. Retrieved 17 June 2021 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  • Hassler, M. (2021). "Symphyotrichum campestre (Nutt.) G. L. Nesom". World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (version 17 March 2021). Retrieved 17 June 2021 – via Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 10 June 2021 (Roskov, Y.; Ower, G.; Orrell, T.; Nicolson, D.; Bailly, N.; Kirk, P.M.; Bourgoin, T.; DeWalt, R.E.; Decock, W.; van Nieukerken, E.J.; Penev, L.; eds.). Digital resource at Catalogue of Life (www.catalogueoflife.org). Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
  • NatureServe (4 June 2021). "Symphyotrichum campestre - Western Meadow Aster". NatureServe Explorer (explorer.natureserve.org). Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  • USDA, NRCS (2014). "Symphyotrichum campestre". USDA PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 6 December 2015.

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