Symphyotrichum foliaceum

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Symphyotrichum foliaceum
Symphyotrichum foliaceum 2.jpg
British Columbia

Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Symphyotrichum
Subgenus: Symphyotrichum subg. Symphyotrichum
Section: Symphyotrichum sect. Occidentales
Species:
S. foliaceum
Binomial name
Symphyotrichum foliaceum
Varieties[2]
List
Symphyotrichum foliaceum distribution map: Canada — Alberta and British Columbia; US — Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
Native distribution[2]
Synonyms[2]

Basionym

  • Aster foliaceus Lindl. ex DC.
Species
Varieties

Symphyotrichum foliaceum (formerly Aster foliaceus) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to western North America. Commonly known as leafy aster, leafy-bracted aster, and alpine leafybract aster, it is a perennial, herbaceous plant that may reach 10 to 60 centimeters (4 to 24 inches) in height. Its flowers have violet to purple ray florets and yellow disk florets.[3] Four varieties were accepted as of July 2021 by Plants of the World Online (POWO), as follows: S. foliaceum var. apricum, S. foliaceum var. canbyi, S. foliaceum var. cusickii, and S. foliaceum var. parryi.[2] The autonym is S. foliaceum var. foliaceum.

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  • Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi kz02.jpg
  • Aster foliaceus (alpine leafybract aster ) - Flickr - brewbooks.jpg
  • Aster foliaceus (alpine leafybract aster ) - Flickr - brewbooks (1).jpg

Citations[]

  1. ^ NatureServe 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e POWO 2021.
  3. ^ Brouillet et al. 2006.

References[]

  • Brouillet, L.; Semple, J.C.; ; ; (2006). "Symphyotrichum foliaceum". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 20. New York and Oxford. Retrieved 8 July 2021 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  • NatureServe (2 July 2021). "Symphyotrichum foliaceum Leafy-bract Aster". NatureServe Explorer (explorer.natureserve.org). Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  • POWO (2021). "Symphyotrichum foliaceum (Lindl. ex DC.) G.L.Nesom". Plants of the World Online (www.plantsoftheworldonline.org). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 August 2021.


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