Symphyotrichum campestre

Symphyotrichum campestre
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Compositae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Symphyotrichum
Species: S. campestre
Binomial name
Symphyotrichum campestre
(Nutt.) G.L.Nesom
Synonyms

Aster campestris Nutt.

Symphyotrichum campestre (formerly Aster campestris) is a species of aster known by the common name western meadow aster.[1] It is native to much of western North America from British Columbia, California, and the Rocky Mountains region, to Arizona and New Mexico., where it grows in many habitat types, generally at some elevation.

Description

It is a perennial herb growing to a maximum height near half a meter from a long rhizome. The thin brown stems are covered in rough hairs and resin glands. The leaves are a few centimeters long, linear to oval in shape, and often hairy. The glandular inflorescence holds several flower heads containing many violet ray florets around a center of long yellow disc florets. The fruit is a hairy achene.

References

  1. "Symphyotrichum campestre". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 6 December 2015.


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