PLANTS Profile for Symphyotrichum priceae (lavender oldfield aster)

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Symphyotrichum priceae (Britton) G.L. Nesom
lavender oldfield aster

Symbol:

SYPR4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Symphyotrichum priceae (Britton) G.L. Nesom

Aster priceae

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 430. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Symphyotrichum priceae (Britton) G.L. Nesom

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Synonyms:
Symphyotrichum priceae (Britton) G.L. Nesom

	ASKE4	Aster kentuckiensis Britton
	ASPIP2	Aster pilosus Willd. var. priceae (Britton) Cronquist
	ASPR17	Aster priceae Britton

Native Status:
Symphyotrichum priceae (Britton) G.L. Nesom


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (AL, GA, KY, TN)

Related Taxa:
Symphyotrichum priceae (Britton) G.L. Nesom

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 90 species in Symphyotrichum

Classification:
Symphyotrichum priceae (Britton) G.L. Nesom

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Symphyotrichum Nees – aster
Species	Symphyotrichum priceae (Britton) G.L. Nesom – lavender oldfield aster

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Symphyotrichum priceae (Britton) G.L. Nesom

The synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Kentucky:
Aster pilosus var. priceae
white heath aster		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Symphyotrichum priceae (Britton) G.L. Nesom

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 522240.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 01:46 PM CDT