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|accepted_name=Symphyotrichum defoliatum
|accepted_authority=(Parish) G. L. Nesom
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Phytologia
|place=77: 279. 1995
|year=1995
}}
|common_names=San Bernardino aster
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Aster defoliatus
|authority=Parish
|rank=species
|publication_title=Bot. Gaz.
|publication_place=38: 461. 1904
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aster bernardinus
|authority=H. M. Hall
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aster chilensis var. bernardinus
|authority=(H. M. Hall) Cronquist
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Symphyotrichum;Symphyotrichum subg. Ascendentes;Symphyotrichum defoliatum
|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. Ascendentes]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Symphyotrichum defoliatum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 472, 539
|treatment_page=page 538
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> (30–)40–100(–150) cm, cespitose; short-rhizomatous. <b>Stems</b> 1–5+, ascending to erect, strigose, villous, or lanate, especially distally. <b>Leaves</b> (grayish green) thin to firm, margins entire, apices acute, faces strigose; basal withering by flowering, petiolate, blades narrowly oblanceolate, 50–100(–150) × 4–12(–15) mm, bases attenuate, margins scabrous to ciliate; proximalmost cauline often withering by flowering (often with tufts of leaves in axils), sessile, blades linear to narrowly oblong, 30–70(–100) × 4–8(–10) mm, bases attenuate or cuneate, apices acute; distal sessile, blades 15–80 × 2–8(–10) mm, bases cuneate, sometimes auriculate. <b>Heads</b> (3–50+) in narrowly paniculiform arrays, branches 2–10(–20) cm. <b>Peduncles</b> densely short-strigose, bracts 1–6, linear-oblong, strigose. <b>Involucres</b> campanulate, 4–7 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in 3–6 series, narrowly oblanceolate or linear (outer) to linear (inner), unequal, bases indurate, margins entire, narrowly scarious, ciliate, green zones obovate to elliptic, apices obtuse, mucronulate, faces usually strigose. <b>Ray</b> florets 15–40; corollas pale violet, laminae 8–12(–15) × 1–1.5(–2) mm. <b>Disc</b> florets 25–70+; corollas yellow, 4–6 mm, lobes triangular, 0.4–0.8 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> brown, cylindric to obovoid, not compressed, 1.5–3 mm, ribs 5–8, faces hairy; pappi whitish, 4–6 mm. <b>2n</b> = 36.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Aug–Nov.
|habitat=Dry open grasslands and meadows, often near springs
|elevation=0–1700 m
|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p><i>Symphyotrichum defoliatum</i> is known from the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains, and from the Peninsular Ranges, southern California.</p>
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name=Symphyotrichum defoliatum
|authority=(Parish) G. L. Nesom
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Aster bernardinus;Aster chilensis var. bernardinus
|basionyms=Aster defoliatus
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Aug–Nov.
|habitat=Dry open grasslands and meadows, often near springs
|elevation=0–1700 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. Ascendentes
|species=Symphyotrichum defoliatum
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