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|accepted_name=Symphyotrichum greatae
|accepted_authority=(Parish) G. L. Nesom
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Phytologia
|place=77: 283. 1995
|year=1995
}}
|common_names=Greata’s aster
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aster greatae
|authority=Parish
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Symphyotrichum;Symphyotrichum subg. Symphyotrichum;Symphyotrichum sect. Occidentales;Symphyotrichum greatae
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Astereae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Symphyotrichum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Symphyotrichum subg. Symphyotrichum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Symphyotrichum sect. Occidentales]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Symphyotrichum greatae]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 476
|treatment_page=page 532
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials </b>50–150(–200) cm, colonial; long-rhizomatous. <b>Stems</b> 1–5, ascending to erect, sparsely hispid distally. <b>Leaves</b> thin, margins entire to serrate, apices acute, faces scabrous; basal withering by flowering, petiolate, blades elliptic to obovate 30–300 × 15–50 mm, attenuate, margins entire to serrate, apices acute, faces rough-hispidulous; proximalmost cauline sometimes withering by flowering, sessile, blades elliptic to obovate, 100–200 × 20–50 mm, bases rounded to ± clasping, sometimes auriculate, apices acute; distal sessile, blades 20–150 × 10–40 mm, bases cuneate, usually auriculate, apices acute. <b>Heads</b> in paniculiform arrays, branches 10–30 cm. <b>Peduncles</b> sparsely hairy, bracts lanceolate to linear. <b>Involucres</b> campanulate, 5–8 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in 4–6 series, narrowly oblong (outer) to linear (inner), unequal to subequal, bases scarious, margins scarious, entire, green zones lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, apices acute, faces glabrate or puberulent. <b>Ray</b> florets 15–40; corollas violet, laminae 8–15 × 1–2 mm. <b>Disc</b> florets 35–60+; corollas yellow, 3.5–4 mm, lobes triangular, 0.5–0.8 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> brown, cylindric to obovoid, not compressed, 2.5–3.5 mm, 3–4-nerved, faces hairy; pappi white, 3.5–4 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Aug.
|habitat=Damp places in chaparral canyons
|elevation=500–1500 m
|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p><i>Symphyotrichum greatae</i> is known from the south slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains.</p>
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name=Symphyotrichum greatae
|author=
|authority=(Parish) G. L. Nesom
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Aster greatae
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Aug.
|habitat=Damp places in chaparral canyons
|elevation=500–1500 m
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=Phytologia
|publication year=1995
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Symphyotrichum
|subgenus=Symphyotrichum subg. Symphyotrichum
|section=Symphyotrichum sect. Occidentales
|species=Symphyotrichum greatae
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