Biology:Symphyotrichum ciliatum

Short description: Species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to North America and eastern Eurasia

Symphyotrichum ciliatum
Conservation status
Invalid status (NatureServe)
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. Symphyotrichum
Section:	Symphyotrichum sect. Conyzopsis
Species:	S. ciliatum
Binomial name
Symphyotrichum ciliatum (Ledeb.) G.L.Nesom
Native distribution
Synonyms
Basionym Erigeron ciliatus Ledeb. Alphabetical list Chrysocoma humilis Onno Raf. Aster angustus Torr. & A.Gray Aster brachyactis S.F.Blake Aster ciliatus (Ledeb.) B.Fedtsch. (Lindl.) Govaerts (Onno) Peschkova (Maxim.) Hand.-Mazz. Raf. (Lindl.) Britton (Lindl.) A.G.Jones DC. Maxim. Linosyris humilis Brachyactis altaica Brachyactis ciliata Brachyactis latisquamata Conyza altaica Torr. & A.Gray Aster ciliatus subsp. angustus Aster fallax var. brachyglossus Aster latisquamatus Bindera ciliata (DC.) Kitam. (Ledeb.) Ledeb. (Maxim.) Kitag. DC. Lindl. Xalkitis ciliata Tripolium angustum Aster alpinus var. brachyglossus Brachyactis angusta Brachyactis ciliata subsp. angusta Erigeron latisquamatus

Symphyotrichum ciliatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to North America and eastern Eurasia. Commonly known as rayless annual aster and rayless alkali aster, it is an annual, herbaceous plant that may reach over 70 centimeters (2 feet 4 inches) in height. Each flower head has many whitish then pink disk florets and no ray florets ("rayless").

Conservation

(As of October 2022), NatureServe listed S. ciliatum as Secure (G5) globally; Secure (S5) in Nebraska; Apparently Secure (S4) in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, and Montana; Vulnerable (S3) in Nunavut and Ontario; Imperiled (S2) in Wyoming; Critically Imperiled (S1) in Yukon; and, Possibly Extirpated (SH) in Kansas , Missouri, and Oklahoma. Its global status was last reviewed on 13 May 2016.

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References

• Flora of North America Editorial Committee, ed. (2006), "Symphyotrichum ciliatum" (in en), Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 20, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067631, retrieved 27 January 2021 
• "Symphyotrichum ciliatum Alkali American-aster" (in en). Arlington, Virginia. 1 October 2022. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.145862/Symphyotrichum_ciliatum. 
• POWO (2019). "Symphyotrichum ciliatum (Ledeb.) G.L.Nesom" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/981785-1. 

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