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accepted id

Symphyotrichum firmum (Nees) G.L. Nesom

taxon name

Symphyotrichum firmum

(Nees) G.L. Nesom

FNA Editorial Committee. 2006. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 20: Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 7: Asteraceae, part 2. Oxford University Press, New York.

taxon status

accepted

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taxon name

Symphyotrichum firmum

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taxon authority

(Nees) G.L. Nesom

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taxon rank

species

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taxon status

accepted

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common name

aster robuste (French)

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glossy-leaved aster (English)

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shining aster (English)

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shiny-leaved aster (English)

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Glossy-leaved aster (English)

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VasCan taxon numeric id

3537

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distribution

CA-AB

present

native

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CA-MB

present

native

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publication

Manitoba Checklist, 2002

CA-ON

present

native

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publication

Newmaster, S.G., A. Lehela, M.J. Oldham, P.W.C. Uhlig & S. McMurray. 1998. Ontario Plant List. Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Forest Information Paper No. 123. 550 pp.

CA-QC

present

native

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CA-SK

present

native

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publication

Harms, V.L. 2006. Annotated catalogue of Saskatchewan vascular plants. http://www.biodiversity.sk.ca/Docs/AnnotatedCatalogueSKVascPlants2006.pdf

CA-AB

Alta.

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CA-MB

Man.

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CA-ON

Ont.

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CA-SK

Sask.

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US-GA

Ga.

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US-IA

Iowa

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US-MI

Mich.

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US-MN

Minn.

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US-MO

Mo.

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US-NE

Nebr.

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Symphyotrichum sect. Symphyotrichum

parent taxon

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taxon habit

herb

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GBIF taxon key

3151591

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

IUCN Redlist Category

NE

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

phenology

Flowering Aug–Oct.

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taxon habitat

open

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wet soils

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mesic mineral soils

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fens

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marshes

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wet roadsides

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elevation

100–400 m

measurement range from

100 meter

measurement range to

400 meter

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special status

E

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taxon description fragment

Stems 1, erect (straight, ± thin, 2–8 mm diam at base, ± ribbed, red above each node), glabrous or glabrate (very sparsely hispidulous) proximally to ± hispidulous distally.

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d0_s2

Leaves (crowded, light green, shiny) firm, margins crenulate-serrate or entire, revolute, apices acute to acuminate, mucronate, abaxial faces glabrous or midveins sometimes with hairs apically, adaxial glabrous;

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d0_s3

basal withering by flowering, subpetiolate (petioles dilated, winged, sheathing), blades spatulate to oblanceolate, 30–100+ × 3–20+ mm, bases attenuate to cuneate, margins remotely crenate-serrate to subentire, apices acute to rounded;

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d0_s4

proximal cauline withering by flowering, sessile or subpetiolate (petioles widely winged, clasping), blades oblanceolate, 50–150 × 20–30 mm, greatly reduced distally, bases auriculate, clasping, apices acute to acuminate;

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d0_s5

distal sessile, blades lanceolate to lance-elliptic to oblanceolate, 40–70 × 10–25 mm, little reduced distally, bases auriculate, clasping, margins entire, apices acute to acuminate.

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d0_s6

Heads in densely paniculiform arrays, branches ascending, densely leafy (branch leaves often overtopping heads).

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d0_s7

Peduncles 0.2–3+ cm, glabrous or pilose in lines, bracts 4–6, lanceolate-linear, often subtending heads.

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d0_s8

Involucres campanulate, 6–12 mm.

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d0_s9

Phyllaries in 4–5 (–6) series, linear-lanceolate to linear, slightly unequal, bases indurate 1/5–1/2, margins not scarious (outer) to narrowly scarious, erose, hyaline, sparsely ciliolate, green zones linear-lanceolate, outer sometimes ± foliaceous, apices acute to acuminate or long-acuminate to caudate, faces glabrous.

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d0_s10

Ray-florets 20–40;

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d0_s11

corollas usually blue to pale lavender, sometimes white, laminae 9–18 × 1.0–1.2 mm.

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d0_s12

Disc-florets 30–50;

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d0_s13

corollas yellow or cream becoming pink or purple, (4.5–) 5–6.4 mm, tubes shorter than funnelform throats, lobes triangular to lanceolate, 0.6–0.9 mm.

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d0_s14

Cypselae purple or brown, obovoid, oblong or oblanceolate, ± falcate, ± compressed, 1.5–3 mm, 3–4-nerved, faces glabrous or sparsely strigillose;

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d0_s15

pappi white, 5.2–8 mm. 2n = 16.

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d0_s16

morphology statement

stem

1

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d0_s2

stem

orientation

erect

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d0_s2

stem

glabrate

proximally more or less hispidulous

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d0_s2

texture

firm

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d0_s3

crenulate-serrate

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d0_s3

entire

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d0_s3

vernation

revolute

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d0_s3

acute

acuminate

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d0_s3

mucronate

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d0_s3

glabrous

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d0_s3

glabrous

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d0_s3

withering

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d0_s4

flowering

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d0_s4

subpetiolate

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d0_s4

spatulate

oblanceolate

1 reference

d0_s4

30

100

1 reference

d0_s4

3

20

1 reference

d0_s4

attenuate

cuneate

1 reference

d0_s4

remotely crenate-serrate

subentire

1 reference

d0_s4

acute

rounded

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d0_s4

flowering

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d0_s4

subpetiolate

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d0_s4

spatulate

oblanceolate

1 reference

d0_s4

30

100

1 reference

d0_s4

3

20

1 reference

d0_s4

attenuate

cuneate

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d0_s4

remotely crenate-serrate

subentire

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d0_s4

acute

rounded

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d0_s4

flowering

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d0_s4

subpetiolate

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d0_s4

spatulate

oblanceolate

1 reference

d0_s4

30

100

1 reference

d0_s4

3

20

1 reference

d0_s4

attenuate

cuneate

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d0_s4

remotely crenate-serrate

subentire

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d0_s4

acute

rounded

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d0_s4

flowering

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d0_s4

subpetiolate

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d0_s4

spatulate

oblanceolate

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d0_s4

30

100

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d0_s4

3

20

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d0_s4

attenuate

cuneate

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d0_s4

remotely crenate-serrate

subentire

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d0_s4

acute

rounded

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d0_s4

withering

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d0_s5

sessile

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d0_s5

subpetiolate

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d0_s5

oblanceolate

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d0_s5

50

150

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d0_s5

20

30

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d0_s5

size

reduced

greatly; distally

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d0_s5

auriculate

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d0_s5

fixation

clasping

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d0_s5

acute

acuminate

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d0_s5

sessile

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d0_s6

lanceolate

lance-elliptic

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d0_s6

40

70

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d0_s6

10

25

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d0_s6

size

reduced

distally

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d0_s6

auriculate

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d0_s6

fixation

clasping

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d0_s6

entire

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d0_s6

acute

acuminate

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d0_s6

inflorescence branch

orientation

ascending

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d0_s7

inflorescence branch

leafy

densely

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d0_s7

inflorescence peduncle

0.2

3

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d0_s8

inflorescence peduncle

glabrous

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d0_s8

inflorescence peduncle

pilose

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d0_s8

inflorescence peduncle bract

4

6

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d0_s8

inflorescence peduncle bract

lanceolate-linear

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d0_s8

inflorescence involucre

campanulate

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d0_s9

inflorescence involucre

6

12

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d0_s9

texture

indurate

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d0_s10

1/5

1/2

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d0_s10

texture

not scarious

narrowly scarious

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d0_s10

relief

erose

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d0_s10

hyaline

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d0_s10

ciliolate

sparsely

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d0_s10

acute

acuminate or long-acuminate

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d0_s10

glabrous

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d0_s10

inflorescence flower ray-floret

20

40

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d0_s11

usually blue

pale lavender

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d0_s12

white

sometimes

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d0_s12

inflorescence flower ray lamina

9

18

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d0_s12

inflorescence flower ray lamina

1.0

1.2

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d0_s12

yellow

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d0_s14

cream becoming pink or purple

becoming; becoming

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d0_s14

atypical some measurement

4.5

5

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d0_s14

5

6.4

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d0_s14

inflorescence flower corolla tube

height

size

shorter

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d0_s14

inflorescence flower corolla lobe

triangular

lanceolate

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d0_s14

inflorescence flower corolla lobe

0.6

0.9

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d0_s14

glabrous

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d0_s15

strigillose

sparsely

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d0_s15

fruit pappus

white

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d0_s16

fruit pappus

5.2

8

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d0_s16

chromosome

16

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d0_s16

general structure bundle array

paniculiform

densely

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d0_s7

inflorescence flower disc-floret

30

50

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d0_s13

purple

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d0_s15

brown

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d0_s15

obovoid

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d0_s15

oblong

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d0_s15

oblanceolate

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d0_s15

falcate

more or less

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d0_s15

compressed

more or less

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d0_s15

1.5

3

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d0_s15

3-4-nerved

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