Biology:Symphyotrichum phlogifolium

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Short description: Species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to the eastern United States

Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Symphyotrichinae
Genus: Symphyotrichum
Subgenus: Symphyotrichum subg. Virgulus
Section: Symphyotrichum sect. Patentes
Species:
S. phlogifolium
Binomial name
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
(Muhl. ex Willd.) G.L.Nesom[2]
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium distribution map: US — Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Native distribution[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Aster patens var. phlogifolius (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nees
  • Aster phlogifolius Muhl. ex Willd.
  • Virgulus patens var. phlogifolius (Willd.) Reveal & Keener

Symphyotrichum phlogifolium (formerly Aster phlogifolius) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to the eastern United States. Commonly known as thin-leaf late purple aster, it is a perennial, herbaceous plant that may reach heights between 50 and 130 centimeters (1 34 and 4 14 feet). Its flowers have light to dark reddish-purple ray florets and white disk florets with purple triangular lobes.[3]

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