| Symphyotrichum frondosum | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Apparently Secure (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Subtribe: | Symphyotrichinae |
| Genus: | Symphyotrichum |
| Subgenus: | Symphyotrichum subg. Symphyotrichum |
| Section: | Symphyotrichum sect. Conyzopsis |
| Species: | S. frondosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Symphyotrichum frondosum (Nutt.) G.L.Nesom | |
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| Native distribution | |
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Basionym
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Symphyotrichum frondosum (formerly Aster frondosus) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to western North America. Commonly known as short-rayed alkali aster, it is an annual or perennial herbaceous plant that may reach 140 centimeters (55 inches) tall.
Description
Symphyotrichum frondosum is an annual or occasionally perennial herbaceous, flowering plant growing a leaning or erect stem to a maximum height of 5–140 centimeters (2–55 inches). The leaves are a few centimeters long and oval in shape with rounded tips. The stem and leaves are mostly hairless.
The inflorescence is a small array of flower heads containing many short pale pink or lavender ray florets and yellow disc florets. The fruit is a hairy cypsela with white to yellow-tinted pappi.
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Symphyotrichum frondosum
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Symphyotrichum frondosum
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Symphyotrichum frondosum
Distribution and habitat
It is native to North America in the west from British Columbia, south to Baja California (Mexico), east to New Mexico, and north to Wyoming and Idaho. Symphyotrichum frondosum grows in wet habitats such as marshes and meadows, especially in alkaline or saline conditions.
Conservation
Citations
References
- Brouillet, L.; Semple, J.C.; Allen, G.A.; Chambers, K.L.; Sundberg, S.D. (2006). "Symphyotrichum frondosum". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 20. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 4 July 2021 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- NatureServe (2 July 2021). "Symphyotrichum frondosum Alkali Aster". explorer.natureserve.org. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- POWO (2019). "Symphyotrichum frondosum (Nutt.) G.L.Nesom". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- USDA, NRCS (2014). "Symphyotrichum frondosum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 6 December 2015.
External links
- Jepson eFlora, The Jepson Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley
- Symphyotrichum frondosum in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Symphyotrichum frondosum |
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| Aster frondosus | |
| Tripolium frondosum | |
- NatureServe apparently secure species
- Symphyotrichum
- Halophytes
- Flora of the Western United States
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of British Columbia
- Flora of Colorado
- Flora of Idaho
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of Washington (state)
- Flora of Wyoming
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Flora of the Rocky Mountains
- Plants used in traditional Native American medicine
- Plants described in 1840
- Taxa named by Thomas Nuttall