Biology:Symphyotrichum drummondii

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

Symphyotrichum drummondii
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Secure (NatureServe)[1]
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. Symphyotrichum
Section: Symphyotrichum sect. Symphyotrichum
Species:
S. drummondii
Binomial name
Symphyotrichum drummondii
(Lindl.) G.L.Nesom[2]
Varieties[2]
  • S. drummondii var. drummondii
  • S. drummondii var. texanum (E.S.Burgess) G.L.Nesom
Symphyotrichum drummondii native distribution: Mexico — Coahuila; US — Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Native distribution[2]
Synonyms[2]

Basionym

  • Aster drummondii Lindl. ex Hook.

Others listed alphabetically

  • Aster drummondii var. rhodactis Benke
  • (Lindl. ex Hook.) Shinners Aster sagittifolius var. drummondii

Symphyotrichum drummondii (formerly Aster drummondii) is a species of flowering plant of the family Asteraceae native to the central and eastern United States. Commonly known as Drummond's aster, it is a perennial, herbaceous plant that may reach 120 centimeters (4 feet) in height.[3]

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Taxonomy

In addition to the autonym of S. drummondii var. drummondii, there is an accepted infraspecies native to the south-central United States and northeast Mexico named S. drummondii var. texanum.[2]

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