Symphyotrichum sericeum

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Symphyotrichum sericeum
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In cultivation in England

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. Virgulus
Species:
S. sericeum
Binomial name
Symphyotrichum sericeum
Synonyms[2]

Basionym

  • Aster sericeus Vent.
Alphabetical list

Symphyotrichum sericeum (formerly Aster sericeus) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to central North America. Commonly known as western silver aster,[3] western silvery aster,[4] and silky aster,[5] it is a perennial, herbaceous plant that may reach 70 centimeters (2+1⁄4 feet) tall. Its flowers have purple ray florets and pink then purple disk florets, and its leaves are firm and silvery-green.[4]

Description[]

Symphyotrichum sericeum is a perennial herb growing from rhizomes. Leaf texture is sericeous, giving the leaves a silvery-green appearance. The inflorescences are erect and parallel, and the involucral bracts of the flower heads are ovate to lanceolate in shape and sericeous. The flowers have purple ray florets and pink then purple disk florets. The fruit is a cypsela.[4]

  • Symphyotrichum sericeum leaves close-up

  • Symphyotrichum sericeum inflorescence

Conservation[]

As of July 2021, NatureServe listed Symphyotrichum sericeum as Secure (G5) worldwide, last reviewed in 2002, with state and province statuses as follows: Critically Imperiled (S1) in Ontario and Oklahoma; and, Imperiled (S2) in Manitoba, North Dakota, Michigan, Indiana, and Arkansas.[1]

Citations[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b NatureServe 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b POWO 2019.
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS 2014.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Brouillet et al. 2006.
  5. ^ Missouri Botanical Garden n.d.

References[]

  • Brouillet, L.; Semple, J.C.; ; ; (2006). "Symphyotrichum sericeum". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 20. New York and Oxford. Retrieved 15 July 2021 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  • Missouri Botanical Garden (n.d.). "Symphyotrichum sericeum - Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder". (MissouriBotanicalGarden.org). St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  • NatureServe (2 July 2021). "Symphyotrichum sericeum Western Silvery Aster". NatureServe Explorer (explorer.natureserve.org). Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  • POWO (2019). "Symphyotrichum sericeum (Vent.) G.L.Nesom". Plants of the World Online (www.plantsoftheworldonline.org). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  • USDA, NRCS (2014). "Symphyotrichum sericeum". USDA PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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