PLANTS Profile for Symphyotrichum phlogifolium (thinleaf late purple aster)

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Symphyotrichum phlogifolium (Muhl. ex Willd.) G.L. Nesom
thinleaf late purple aster

Symbol:

SYPH3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Symphyotrichum phlogifolium (Muhl. ex Willd.) G.L. Nesom

Aster phlogifolius

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 417. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Symphyotrichum phlogifolium (Muhl. ex Willd.) G.L. Nesom

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Synonyms:
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium (Muhl. ex Willd.) G.L. Nesom

	ASPAP2	Aster patens Aiton var. phlogifolius (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nees
	ASPH6	Aster phlogifolius Muhl. ex Willd.
	VIPAP4	Virgulus patens (Aiton) Reveal & Keener var. phlogifolius (Muhl. ex Willd.) Reveal & Keener

Distribution:
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium (Muhl. ex Willd.) G.L. Nesom


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Related Taxa:
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium (Muhl. ex Willd.) G.L. Nesom

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 90 species in Symphyotrichum

Classification:
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium (Muhl. ex Willd.) 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 phlogifolium (Muhl. ex Willd.) G.L. Nesom – thinleaf late purple aster

More Accounts and Images:
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium (Muhl. ex Willd.) 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 522233.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 03:44 AM CDT