Biology:Symphyotrichum glabrifolium

Short description: Species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to Argentina and Chile

Symphyotrichum glabrifolium
Malargüe, Mendoza, Argentina
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. Astropolium
Species:	S. glabrifolium
Binomial name
Symphyotrichum glabrifolium (DC.) G.L.Nesom
Native distribution
Synonyms
Basionym Erigeron glabrifolius DC. Alphabetical list Erigeron semiamplexicaulis var. scorzonerifolius Erigeron australis Aster glabrifolius (DC.) Reiche (J.Rémy) Speg. Phil. Erigeron scorzonerifolius Aster vahlii var. australis J.Rémy (J.Rémy) Macloskie Aster scorzonerifolius (Phil.) Reiche Albov Erigeron scorzonerifolius var. pumilus

Symphyotrichum glabrifolium (formerly Aster glabrifolius and Erigeron glabrifolius) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to Argentina and Chile where it inhabits wet meadows and stream edges. It is a perennial, herbaceous plant that grows 5 to 25 centimeters (2 to 10 inches) tall. Its flowers have white or lilac ray florets and yellow disk florets.

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  Bracts, involucres, and phyllaries

Aster glabrifolius herbarium specimen 01704961 stored at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution; collected 25 December 1928 at Nahuel Huapi Lake, Río Negro Province, Argentina , Cerro Vicente Lopez, 1,300 meters (4,300 feet)

References

• POWO (2019). "Symphyotrichum glabrifolium (DC.) G.L.Nesom" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/981829-1. 
• "Asteraceae part 16. Tribu: Astereae, parte B. Subtribus: Bellidinae–Asterinae (excepto Grindelia y Haplopappus)". Flora Fanerogámica Argentina. 81. 2003. pp. 1–102. http://www.floraargentina.edu.ar/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ASTERACEAE-parte-16.pdf. Retrieved 14 July 2021. 
• "Symphyotrichum glabrifolium". Buenos Aires, Argentina: Administración de Parques Nacionales [National Parks Administration]. n.d.. https://sib.gob.ar/especies/symphyotrichum-glabrifolium. 

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