Misplaced Pages

Symphyotrichum phlogifolium

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of flowering plant in family Asteraceae

Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
Conservation status

Secure  (NatureServe)
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. Virgulus
Section: Symphyotrichum sect. Patentes
Species: S. phlogifolium
Binomial name
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
(Muhl. ex Willd.) G.L.Nesom
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium distribution map: US — Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Native distribution
Synonyms
  • Aster patens var. phlogifolius (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nees
  • Aster phlogifolius Muhl. ex Willd.
  • Virgulus patens var. phlogifolius (Willd.) Reveal & Keener

Symphyotrichum phlogifolium (formerly Aster phlogifolius) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to the eastern United States. Commonly known as thin-leaf late purple aster, it is a perennial, herbaceous plant that may reach heights between 50 and 130 centimeters (1+3⁄4 and 4+1⁄4 feet). Its flowers have light to dark reddish-purple ray florets and white disk florets with purple triangular lobes.

Gallery

Citations

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

References

Taxon identifiers
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
Aster phlogifolius


Stub icon

This Astereae article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories:
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium Add topic