PLANTS Profile for Symphyotrichum expansum (southwestern annual saltmarsh aster)

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PLANTS Profile

Symphyotrichum expansum (Poepp. ex Spreng.) G.L. Nesom
southwestern annual saltmarsh aster

Symbol:

SYEX

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Annual
Biennial

Forb/herb

L48		N
PR		N

More Information:

Images:
Symphyotrichum expansum (Poepp. ex Spreng.) G.L. Nesom

Synonyms:
Symphyotrichum expansum (Poepp. ex Spreng.) G.L. Nesom

	ASIN15	Aster inconspicuus Less.
	ASSUC	Aster subulatus Michx. var. cubensis (DC.) Shinners
	TRSUP	Tripolium subulatum (L.) Nees var. parviflorum Nees

Distribution:
Symphyotrichum expansum (Poepp. ex Spreng.) G.L. Nesom


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USA (AZ, CA, NM, NV, TX, UT), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Symphyotrichum expansum (Poepp. ex Spreng.) G.L. Nesom

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 90 species in Symphyotrichum

Classification:
Symphyotrichum expansum (Poepp. ex Spreng.) G.L. Nesom

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Symphyotrichum Nees – aster
Species	Symphyotrichum expansum (Poepp. ex Spreng.) G.L. Nesom – southwestern annual saltmarsh aster

More Accounts and Images:
Symphyotrichum expansum (Poepp. ex Spreng.) G.L. Nesom

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 522204.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 07:47 AM CDT