Symphyotrichum parviceps

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Symphyotrichum parviceps
Symphyotrichum parviceps specimen.jpg

Apparently 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. Symphyotrichum
Species:
S. parviceps
Binomial name
Symphyotrichum parviceps
Symphyotrichum parviceps native distribution map: US — Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
Native distribution[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Aster depauperatus var. parviceps Fernald
  • Aster ericoides var. parviceps E.S.Burgess
  • Aster parviceps Mack. & Bush
  • Aster pilosus subsp. parviceps (E.S.Burgess) A.G.Jones

Symphyotrichum parviceps (formerly Aster ericoides var. parviceps) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to the central United States. Commonly known as smallhead aster or small white aster, it is usually a short-lived herbaceous, perennial plant that may reach 30 to 100 centimeters (1 to 3+1⁄4 feet) tall. Its flowers have white ray florets and pale yellow then purplish disk florets.[3]

Citations[]

  1. ^ NatureServe 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c POWO 2019.
  3. ^ Brouillet et al. 2006.

References[]

  • Brouillet, L.; Semple, J.C.; ; ; (2006). "Symphyotrichum parviceps". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 20. New York and Oxford. Retrieved 12 July 2021 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  • NatureServe (2 July 2021). "Symphyotrichum parviceps Small-head aster". NatureServe Explorer (explorer.natureserve.org). Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  • POWO (2019). "Symphyotrichum parviceps (E.S.Burgess) G.L.Nesom". Plants of the World Online (www.plantsoftheworldonline.org). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 July 2021.


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