Biology:Symphyotrichum porteri

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Short description: Species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae endemic to the Rocky Mountains, US

Symphyotrichum porteri
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S. porteri, Larimer County, Colorado
Invalid status (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. porteri
Binomial name
Symphyotrichum porteri
(A.Gray) G.L.Nesom[2]
Symphyotrichum porteri native distribution map: US — Colorado counties: Boulder, Douglas, El Paso, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer, Las Animas, and Teller; New Mexico counties: Harding and San Miguel; Wyoming counties: Albany, Carbon, and Laramie
Native distribution[3]
Synonyms[2]
  • Aster ericoides var. strictus Porter
  • Aster porteri A.Gray

Symphyotrichum porteri (formerly Aster porteri) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae endemic to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. states of Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. Commonly known as Porter's aster, it is a perennial, herbaceous plant that may reach 10 to 50 centimeters (4 to 20 inches) tall. Its flowers have white, rarely pinkish, ray florets and yellow, becoming pink then brown, disk florets. S. porteri grows at elevations of 1,800–2,900 meters (5,900–9,500 feet).[4] Its limited range makes it a NatureServe Vulnerable (G3) species, and it is classified Critically Imperiled (S1) in Wyoming.[1]

S. porteri herbarium specimen

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