Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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Thinleaf Late Purple Aster is much like Late Purple Aster (S. patens) in gestalt, but several characters differ markedly. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Symphyotrichum phlogifolium

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-010?:

Aster patens   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Aster patens var. phlogifolius

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aster phlogifolius

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Virgulus patens var. phlogifolius

COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Clasping Aster, Thinleaf Late Purple Aster

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_asph6_001_lvd

        

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-010?:
Aster patens   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Aster patens var. phlogifolius

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster phlogifolius

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Virgulus patens var. phlogifolius