Symphyotrichum urophyllum

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Symphyotrichum urophyllum
Symphyotrichum urophyllum IWF.jpg
Photo by John Hilty hosted at IllinoisWildflowers.info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Symphyotrichum
Species: S. urophyllum
Binomial name
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
(Lindl.) G.L. Nesom
SYMP UROP DIST.JPG
Natural range of Symphyotrichum urophyllum from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common Name(s): white arrowleaf aster[1][2]

Taxonomic Notes

Synonym(s): Aster sagittifolius, A. urophyllus[1]

Description

Distribution

This species can be found from Maine, south to Florida, westward to Mississippi, and inland to Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota and the remaining eastern portion of the United States.[1][2] It is also found in the Ontario province of Canada.[2]

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

Flowering occurs in late August through October.[1]

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

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References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Weakley AS (2015) Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 USDA NRCS (2016) The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 12 January 2018). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.