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Symphyotrichum laurentianum

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Species of flowering plant in family Asteraceae

Symphyotrichum laurentianum
S. laurentianum in the Magdalen Islands
Conservation status

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)

Threatened (COSEWIC)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. laurentianum
Binomial name
Symphyotrichum laurentianum
(Fernald) G.L.Nesom
Symphyotrichum laurentianum distribution map
Native distribution
Synonyms

Basionym

  • Aster laurentianus Fernald
Alphabetical list
    • Aster ciliatus subsp. laurentianus (Fernald) Govaerts
    • Aster laurentianus var. contiguus Fernald
    • Aster laurentianus var. magdalenensis Fernald
    • Brachyactis ciliata subsp. laurentiana (Fernald) A.G.Jones
    • Brachyactis laurentiana (Fernald) Botsch.

Symphyotrichum laurentianum (formerly Aster laurentianus) is a critically imperiled species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae endemic to the southern shores of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada. Commonly known as Gulf of St. Lawrence aster, it is an annual, herbaceous plant with one stem and no ray florets that grows up to about 13 centimetres (5 inches) tall.

Citations

  1. ^ NatureServe 2021.
  2. ^ POWO 2019.
  3. ^ Brouillet et al. 2006.

References

Taxon identifiers
Symphyotrichum laurentianum
Aster laurentianus


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