Author

Shane T. Leggio

Capitula/heads

 Heads 3–10+ per branch, if many, not congested on lateral branches, not subtended by foliaceous bracts.

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Heads 3–10+ per branch, if many, not congested on lateral branches, not subtended by foliaceous bracts.

Common Name(s)

 Lance-leaved or panicled or white panicled aster, aster lancéolé

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Lance-leaved or panicled or white panicled aster

Disk Flowers

 Disc florets 13–29; corollas 3.2–5.7 mm, limbs 1.9–3.2 mm, lobes 0.4–1.1 mm.

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 Disc florets 13–29; corollas 3.2–5.7 mm, limbs 1.9–3.2 mm, lobes 0.4–1.1 mm.

Ecology

Full sun to partial shade, thickets, edges of wet deciduous woods, margins of streams, ditches; 0–800+ m

Variety latifolium is generally more southern than var. lanceolatum. It is present in the southern Atlantic and Gulf coastal plain states where the latter is absent. In the southern states it is present inland and not on the coastal plains. The report of this variety for southern Quebec remains to be confirmed.

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Full sun to partial shade, thickets, edges of wet deciduous woods, margins of streams, ditches; 0–800+ m.

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Family

ASTERACEAE

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Asteraceae (Compositae); Aster family

Fruit

 Cypselae 0.8–1.8 mm; pappi 3.1–5.3 mm. 2n = 64.

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 Achenes (cypselae) 0.8–1.8 mm; pappi 3.1–5.3 mm. 2n = 64.

Leaves

 Leaf blades broadly oblanceolate (not much reduced in arrays), margins usually serrate.

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Simple, alternate
Leaf blades broadly oblanceolate (not much reduced in arrays), margins usually serrate.

Plant and Stem Features

Perennials, 30–150(–200) cm, colonial; long-rhizomatous (rhi­zomes usually white, thick, con­torted).  Stems stout to slender, glabrous or hairy in lines.

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Perennials, 30–150(–200) cm, colonial; long-rhizomatous (rhi­zomes usually white, thick, con­torted).  Stems stout to slender, glabrous or hairy in lines.

Ray Flowers

 Ray florets 16–33; corollas white, laminae 4.1–8.6 mm.

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References

Flora of North America (website and book).

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Brouillet, L. , J. C. Semple, G. A. Allen, K. L. Chambers, and S. D. Sundberg.  2006.  Symphyotrichum Nees. In: Flora North American North of Mexico. Edited by Flora North America editorial committee. Vol 20. Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford.

Conquist, A. 1980. Vascular Flora of the Southeastern United States, Vol. I, Asteraceae. The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.

Godfrey, R. K. and J. W. Wooten. 1981. Aquatic and Wetland Plants ofSoutheastern United States, Dicotyledons. University of Georgia Press, Athens.

USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 4 December 2006). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

 Aster lanceolatus Willdenow

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Aster lanceolatus Willdenow