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Symphyotrichum cordifolium (L.) G.L. Nesom
common blue wood aster

       
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Photo of Symphyotrichum cordifolium (L.) G.L. Nesom
Aster cordifolius

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Symphyotrichum cordifolium (L.) G.L. Nesom

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Synonyms:
Symphyotrichum cordifolium (L.) G.L. Nesom

  ASCO4 Aster cordifolius L.
  ASCOS5 Aster cordifolius L. ssp. sagittifolius (Wedemeyer ex Willd.) A.G. Jones
  ASCOF2 Aster cordifolius L. var. furbishiae Fernald
  ASCOI Aster cordifolius L. var. incisus Britton
  ASCOL3 Aster cordifolius L. var. lanceolatus Porter
  ASCOM3 Aster cordifolius L. var. moratus (Shinners) Shinners
  ASCOP2 Aster cordifolius L. var. polycephalus Porter
  ASCOR Aster cordifolius L. var. racemiflorus Fernald
  ASCOS3 Aster cordifolius L. var. sagittifolius (Wedemeyer ex Willd.) A.G. Jones
  ASFIM Aster finkii Rydb. var. moratus Shinners
  ASLOI Aster lowrieanus Porter var. incisus (Britton) Porter
  ASLOL Aster lowrieanus Porter var. lanceolatus Porter
  ASPL6 Aster plumarius Burgess
  ASSA Aster sagittifolius Wedemeyer ex Willd.
  SYCOF Symphyotrichum cordifolium (L.) G.L. Nesom var. furbishiae (Fernald) G.L. Nesom
  SYCOL Symphyotrichum cordifolium (L.) G.L. Nesom var. lanceolatum (Porter) G.L. Nesom
  SYCOM Symphyotrichum cordifolium (L.) G.L. Nesom var. moratum (Shinners) G.L. Nesom
  SYCOP Symphyotrichum cordifolium (L.) G.L. Nesom var. polycephalum (Porter) G.L. Nesom
  SYCOR Symphyotrichum cordifolium (L.) G.L. Nesom var. racemiflorum (Fernald) G.L. Nesom
  SYSA4 Symphyotrichum sagittifolium (Wedemeyer ex Willd.) G.L. Nesom
 

Distribution:
Symphyotrichum cordifolium (L.) G.L. Nesom

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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Symphyotrichum cordifolium (L.) G.L. Nesom

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 90 species in Symphyotrichum
 

Classification:
Symphyotrichum cordifolium (L.) 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 cordifolium (L.) G.L. Nesom – common blue wood aster
 

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

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 522193.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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