Symphyotrichum hendersonii (Fernald) G. L. Nesom (Q2497)

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Symphyotrichum hendersonii is a taxon with the rank species within the section Symphyotrichum sect. Occidentales
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Symphyotrichum hendersonii (Fernald) G. L. Nesom
Symphyotrichum hendersonii is a taxon with the rank species within the section Symphyotrichum sect. Occidentales

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    taxon/id/Symphyotrichum hendersonii (Fernald) G.L. Nesom
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    Symphyotrichum hendersonii (Fernald) G.L. Nesom
    Symphyotrichum hendersonii
    (Fernald) 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 hendersonii
    Henderson’s aster (English)
    aster de Henderson (French)
    Henderson’s aster (English)
    Flowering Jul–Aug.
    meadows
    stream banks
    forest openings
    1000–1500+ m
    Stems 1–5+, ascending to erect, glabrous or puberulent, especially distally.
    Leaves thin, margins entire, apices acute, faces glabrous or scabridulous;
    basal persistent or withering by flowering, petiolate, blades oblanceolate, 50–150 × 10–20 mm, bases attenuate or cuneate;
    proximal cauline sessile, blades elliptic to oblanceolate, 80–200 × 10–25 mm, bases cuneate, auriculate;
    distal sessile, 40–80 × 7–20 mm, reduced distally.
    Heads in paniculiform arrays, branches numerous, 10–45 cm.
    Peduncles sparsely to densely hairy, bracts 3–10, acute, lanceolate to linear, bases auriculate.
    Involucres campanulate, 5–10 mm.
    Phyllaries in 4–5 series, narrowly oblong or linear (outer) to linear (inner), unequal, bases scarious, margins entire, sometimes proximally ciliate, green zones linear, apices acute, faces glabrous.
    Ray-florets 25–45;
    corollas violet, laminae 9–15 × 1–2.5 mm.
    Disc-florets (50–) 70–80;
    corollas yellow, 5–6 mm, lobes triangular, 0.5–0.8 mm.
    Cypselae brown, cylindric to obovoid, not compressed, 3–3.5 mm, 3–4-nerved, faces hairy;
    pappi white, 4.5–5 mm. 2n = 16, 32.