Biology:Symphyotrichum campestre

Short description: Species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to western North America

Symphyotrichum campestre
S. campestre flower head
Scientific classification
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. Grandiflori
Species:	S. campestre
Binomial name
Symphyotrichum campestre (Nutt.) G.L.Nesom
Native distribution
Synonyms
Basionym Aster campestris Nutt. Alphabetical list Aster bloomeri A.Gray Aster campestris var. bloomeri (A.Gray) A.Gray Symphyotrichum campestre var. bloomeri (A.Gray) G.L.Nesom Virgulus campestris (Nutt.) Reveal & Keener Virgulus campestris var. bloomeri (A.Gray) Reveal & Keener

Symphyotrichum campestre (formerly Aster campestris) is a species of flowering plant of the family Asteraceae commonly known as western meadow aster. It is native to much of western North America where it grows in many habitats, generally at some elevation.

Description

Symphyotrichum campestre is a perennial, herbaceous plant growing to a maximum height near 40 centimeters (15 ³⁄₄ inches) from a long rhizome. The brown stems, leaves, and some parts of the flower heads are covered with tiny glands on tiny stalks called "stipitate glands". The leaves can be 1 to 8 centimeters (¹⁄₂ to 3 ¹⁄₄ inches) long depending on their location on the plant, and linear to oval in shape. The inflorescence holds several flower heads containing many violet ray florets around a center of yellow disc florets. The fruit is a hairy cypsela.

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  S. campestre in Idaho

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  S. campestre involucre

References

• Flora of North America Editorial Committee, ed. (2006), "Symphyotrichum campestre", Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 20, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067628, retrieved 17 June 2021 
• Hassler, M. (17 March 2021). "Symphyotrichum campestre (Nutt.) G. L. Nesom – World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World". in Roskov, Y.; Ower, G.; Orrell, T. et al. (in en). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 10 June 2021. Leiden, Netherlands: Naturalis Biodiversity Center. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/53Q6W. Retrieved 17 June 2021. 
• "Symphyotrichum campestre - Western Meadow Aster". Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. 4 June 2021. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.141303/Symphyotrichum_campestre. 
• "Symphyotrichum campestre". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. 2014. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SYCA3. 

External links

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