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|accepted_name=Symphyotrichum grandiflorum
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) G. L. Nesom
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Phytologia
|place=77: 283. 1995
|year=1995
}}
|common_names=Large-flowered aster
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Aster grandiflorus
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=2: 877. 1753
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Virgulus grandiflorus
|authority=(Linnaeus) Reveal & Keener
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Symphyotrichum;Symphyotrichum subg. Virgulus;Symphyotrichum grandiflorum
|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. Virgulus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Symphyotrichum grandiflorum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 470, 483
|treatment_page=page 484
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> 50–100 cm, colonial; woody rhizomatous. <b>Stems</b> 1–5+, erect (stout, brown), proximally ± hispid, distally sparsely strigose, distally stipitate-glandular. <b>Leaves</b> stiff (dark green), greatly reduced distally, margins entire, scabrous; basal early deciduous, sessile, blades (3-nerved) oblanceolate, 40–80 × 4–12 mm, bases attenuate, apices obtuse to acute, faces sparsely scabrous; proximal cauline usually withered by flowering, sessile, blades oblanceolate to lanceolate-oblong, 20–60 × 5–20 mm, bases cordate-clasping, apices acute, mucronulate, faces glabrate to sparsely scabrous, stipitate-glandular; distal sessile, blades lanceolate to oblong, 20–40 × 5–8 mm, bases cuneate, apices acute, mucronulate to white-spinulose, faces glabrous or scabrous, sparsely stipitate-glandular. <b>Heads</b> in racemiform to paniculiform arrays, branches patent or ascending with 1–5+ heads. <b>Peduncles</b> 3–5 cm, short-strigose, stipitate-glandular, bracts spreading to reflexed, lanceolate-oblong, 5–10 mm, little reduced distally, grading into phyllaries. <b>Involucres</b> campanulate, 8.5–12 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in 3–4 series, spatulate-oblanceolate, unequal, bases ± indurate, margins scarious, green zones covering distal portion, apices spreading to strongly reflexed, faces sparsely scabrous, moderately stipitate-glandular. <b>Ray</b> florets 14–35; corollas light to reddish purple, laminae 11–15(–20) × 1.5–2.5 mm. <b>Disc</b> florets 25–35; corollas yellow becoming reddish purple, 5.5–8 mm, lobes narrowly triangular, 0.7–1 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> light brown, cylindric to narrowly obovoid, ± compressed, 3–4.5 mm, 7–10-nerved (brown), faces moderately strigose; pappi tan, 5.5–6 mm. <b>2n</b> = 30, 60.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Sep–)Oct(–Nov).
|habitat=Sandy soils, sand hills, roadsides, edges of deciduous woods and thickets
|elevation=0–200+ m
|distribution=N.C.;S.C.;Va.
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name=Symphyotrichum grandiflorum
|authority=(Linnaeus) G. L. Nesom
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Virgulus grandiflorus
|basionyms=Aster grandiflorus
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering (Sep–)Oct(–Nov).
|habitat=Sandy soils, sand hills, roadsides, edges of deciduous woods and thickets
|elevation=0–200+ m
|distribution=N.C.;S.C.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Phytologia
|publication year=1995
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Symphyotrichum
|subgenus=Symphyotrichum subg. Virgulus
|species=Symphyotrichum grandiflorum
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