familyAsteraceae
genusSymphyotrichum
subgenusSymphyotrichum subg. Virgulus
speciesSymphyotrichum patens
Symphyotrichum patens var. gracile
Phytologia 77: 288. 1995.
Endemic
Basionym: Aster patens var. gracilis Hooker Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 97. 1835
Synonyms: Aster patens var. tenuicaulis C. Mohr Aster tenuicaulis (Aiton) Reveal & Keener Virgulus patens var. gracilis (Hooker) Reveal & Keener
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 489.
Plants slender (long-branched). Involucres campanulate, 5.5–6.5 mm. Phyllaries in 4–5 series, squarrose, acute to acuminate, densely strigillose, sparsely stipitate-glandular; mid 0.7–1 mm wide. 2n = 10, 20.
Phenology: Flowering late Aug–early Nov.
Habitat: Dry oak-pine and oak-hickory woodlands
Elevation: 0–800+ m
Distribution
Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Kans., La., Md., Miss., Mo., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va.
Discussion
Variety gracile is most common in the southwestern part of the species range, in the western Coastal Plains and Central Lowland, and is infrequent to the east. It is mostly diploid, some tetraploids occurring in Texas and Louisiana.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.