white prairie aster
(Symphyotrichum falcatum)
Overview • Description • Distribution • Taxonomy
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Taxonomy |
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Kingdom |
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Division |
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants) |
Subdivision |
Spermatophytina (Seed Plants) |
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Order |
Asterales (Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies) |
Family |
Asteraceae (Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies) |
Subfamily |
Asteroideae |
Supertribe |
Asterodae |
Tribe |
Astereae (asters and allies) |
Subtribe |
Symphyotrichinae |
Genus |
Symphyotrichum (American asters) |
Subgenus |
Virgulus (virguloid asters) |
Section |
Ericoidei (white heath and prairie asters) |
Subordinate Taxa |
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white prairie aster (Symphyotrichum falcatum var. commutatum) |
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Synonyms |
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Aster elegantulus Aster falcatus Aster ramulosus Haplopappus falcatus Lasallea falcata Stenotus falcatus Venatris falcata Virgulus falcatus |
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Common Names |
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white prairie aster |
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About
The arrangement of the flowering heads (which have white ray flowers) and the coarse spreading hairs born on the stem and narrow leaves are distinctive of this species (along with its ecology and rhizomatous growth habit). A rhizomatous herb common to the sagebrush steppe and in contrast to Symphyotrichum ascendens has a predilection to a more stable environment including undisturbed sagebrush steppe. |
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