PLANTS Profile for Symphyotrichum walteri (Walter's aster)

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Symphyotrichum walteri (Alexander) G.L. Nesom
Walter's aster

Symbol:

SYWA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

Photo of Symphyotrichum walteri (Alexander) G.L. Nesom

Aster squarrosus

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Symphyotrichum walteri (Alexander) G.L. Nesom

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Synonyms:
Symphyotrichum walteri (Alexander) G.L. Nesom

	ASSQ2	Aster squarrosus sensu Walter, non All.
	ASWA5	Aster walteri Alexander
	LAWA4	Lasallea walteri (Alexander) Semple & L. Brouillet
	VIWA3	Virgulus walteri (Alexander) Reveal & Keener

Distribution:
Symphyotrichum walteri (Alexander) G.L. Nesom


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USA (FL, GA, NC, SC)

Related Taxa:
Symphyotrichum walteri (Alexander) G.L. Nesom

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 90 species in Symphyotrichum

Classification:
Symphyotrichum walteri (Alexander) 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 walteri (Alexander) G.L. Nesom – Walter's aster

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Symphyotrichum walteri (Alexander) G.L. Nesom

Aster squarrosus:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Symphyotrichum walteri (Alexander) G.L. Nesom

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 522259.

Time Generated: 06/20/2013 12:12 AM CDT