Symphyotrichum foliaceum (Lindley ex de Candolle) G. L. Nesom (Q2491)

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Symphyotrichum foliaceum is a taxon with the rank species within the section Symphyotrichum sect. Occidentales
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Symphyotrichum foliaceum (Lindley ex de Candolle) G. L. Nesom
Symphyotrichum foliaceum is a taxon with the rank species within the section Symphyotrichum sect. Occidentales

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    taxon/id/Symphyotrichum foliaceum (Lindley ex De Candolle) G.L. Nesom
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    Symphyotrichum foliaceum (Lindley ex De Candolle) G.L. Nesom
    Symphyotrichum foliaceum
    (Lindley ex De Candolle) 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.
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    Symphyotrichum foliaceum
    (Lindley ex De Candolle) G.L. Nesom
    leafy aster (English)
    leafy-bracted aster (English)
    alpine leafy-bracted aster (English)
    aster foliacé (French)
    Leafy or leafy-bracted or alpine leafybract aster (English)
    Stems 1–5+, ascending to erect, glabrous or sparsely puberulent.
    Leaves thin, margins entire or sometimes serrate, apices acute to obtuse, faces usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely hairy;
    basal usually persistent, petiolate to subpetiolate, blades broadly elliptic to obovate, 30–200 × 8–25 (–30) mm, bases attenuate, margins entire or sometimes serrate, apices acute to obtuse;
    proximal cauline sessile or subpetiolate, blades elliptic to obovate, 35–120 × 8–25 mm, bases attenuate or cuneate to rounded, sometimes ± clasping, apices acute;
    distal sessile, reduced distally, bases cuneate, apices acute.
    Heads borne singly or in paniculiform arrays, branches ascending, up to 25 cm.
    Peduncles sparsely hairy, bracts 0–3, lanceolate.
    Involucres campanulate, 6–16 (–20) mm.
    Phyllaries in 4–6 series, oblanceolate or oblong (outer) to lanceolate or linear (inner), subequal or unequal (outer exceeding inner), bases outer foliaceous, inner indurate, margins entire, green zones elliptic to lanceolate, apices acute to rounded, faces glabrous or puberulent.
    Ray-florets 15–60;
    corollas violet to purple, laminae 8–18 (–20) × 1–2 mm.
    Disc-florets 50–150;
    corollas yellow, 4–7 mm, lobes triangular, 0.4–1 mm.
    Cypselae brown, cylindric to obovoid, not compressed, 2.5–4 mm, 3–4-nerved, faces hairy;
    pappi white to tawny, 5–8 mm.