Biology:Symphyotrichum tenuifolium

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Symphyotrichum tenuifolium
Conservation status
Secure (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. Astropolium
Species:	S. tenuifolium
Binomial name
Symphyotrichum tenuifolium (L.) G.L.Nesom
Varieties
S. tenuifolium var. tenuifolium S. tenuifolium var. aphyllum (R.W.Long) S.D.Sundb.
Native distribution
Synonyms
Basionym Aster tenuifolius L. Alphabetical list Aster flexuosus Nutt. Nees Nees Raf. Tripolium flexuosum Aster tripolium Nees Aster polyphyllus Walter Raf. Aster virgatus Aster junceus Pursh ex DC. Moench Fimbristima flexuosa Aster recurvatus Raf. Venatris tenuifolius Fimbristima sparsiflora

Symphyotrichum tenuifolium (formerly Aster tenuifolius) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is commonly known as perennial saltmarsh aster. It is a perennial and herbaceous plant native to the eastern United States and the West Indies. There is one variety, S. tenuifolium var. aphyllum in addition to the autonym S. tenuifolium var. tenuifolium.

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  Marsh habitat

Conservation

(As of June 2021), NatureServe lists Symphyotrichum tenuifolium as Secure (G5) worldwide, Critically Imperiled (S1) in New Hampshire, Imperiled (S2) in New York, and Vulnerable (S3) in North Carolina.

References

• Flora of North America Editorial Committee, ed. (2006), "Symphyotrichum tenuifolium", Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 20, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067689, retrieved 27 June 2021 
• "Symphyotrichum tenuifolium Perennial Saltmarsh Aster". Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. 4 June 2021. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.131840/Symphyotrichum_tenuifolium. 
• POWO (2021). "Symphyotrichum tenuifolium (L.) G.L.Nesom" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/981910-1. 
• "Classification of Symphyotrichum" (in en). Ontario. 17 May 2021. https://uwaterloo.ca/astereae-lab/research/asters/symphyotrichum/classification-symphyotrichum. 

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