Symphyotrichum ascendens (Lindley) G. L. Nesom (Q2500)

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Symphyotrichum ascendens is a taxon with the rank species within the subgenus Symphyotrichum subg. Ascendentes
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Symphyotrichum ascendens (Lindley) G. L. Nesom
Symphyotrichum ascendens is a taxon with the rank species within the subgenus Symphyotrichum subg. Ascendentes

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    taxon/id/Symphyotrichum ascendens (Lindley) G.L. Nesom
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    Symphyotrichum ascendens (Lindley) G.L. Nesom
    Symphyotrichum ascendens
    (Lindley) 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.
    accepted
    Symphyotrichum ascendens
    aster ascendant (French)
    western aster (English)
    long-leaved aster (English)
    intermountain aster (English)
    western American aster (English)
    Long-leaved or intermountain or western aster (English)
    1 reference
    Douglas, G.W., G.B. Straley, D.V. Meidinger & J. Pojar. 1998. Illustrated Flora of British Columbia. B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks and B.C. Ministry of Forests. Victoria. Crown Publications. 8 vols.
    1 reference
    Moss, E.H. 1983. Flora of Alberta. 2nd edition, revised by J.G. Packer. University of Toronto Press, Toronto. 687 pp.
    1 reference
    Harms, V.L. 2006. Annotated catalogue of Saskatchewan vascular plants. http://www.biodiversity.sk.ca/Docs/AnnotatedCatalogueSKVascPlants2006.pdf
    Newfoundland, CA
    1 reference
    Meades, S., S.G. Hay & L. Brouillet. 2000. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador. Published in association with A Digital Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador Vascular Plants. http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm (consulted 2009-09-02) http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm
    Flowering Jul–Aug.
    meadows
    grasslands
    sagebrush steppe
    ponderosa pine woodlands
    Stems 1–5+, ascending to erect, densely and uniformly strigose, especially distally.
    Leaves (grayish green) thin to firm, margins entire, apices acute, faces glabrous or strigose;
    basal usually persistent, petiolate, blades oblanceolate, 50–150 × 5–12 (–15) mm, bases attenuate or cuneate, margins entire, apices usually acute;
    proximal cauline sessile or subpetiolate, blades oblong to narrowly obovate, 50–120 × 5–12 mm, bases attenuate or cuneate;
    distal sessile, blades 30–70 × 4–10 mm, reduced distally, bases cuneate to ± rounded.
    Heads in paniculiform arrays, branches ascending.
    Peduncles moderately to densely strigose, bracts 1–4, linear to oblanceolate.
    Involucres campanulate, 4–7 mm.
    Phyllaries in 3–5 series, narrowly oblanceolate or linear (outer) to linear (inner), unequal, bases indurate, margins entire, green zones obovate to elliptic, apices obtuse, faces densely strigose.
    Ray-florets (10–) 15–40;
    corollas violet, laminae 8–13 × 1–1.5 mm.
    Disc-florets 25–65 (–80);
    corollas yellow, sometimes purple-tinged, 4–6 mm, lobes triangular, 0.4–0.8 mm.
    Cypselae brown, cylindric to obovoid, not compressed, 2–3.5 mm, 3–5-nerved, faces hairy;
    pappi whitish, 4–7 mm. 2n = 26, 36, 52.