See other conspecific taxa:

• Symphyotrichum laeve var. concinnum (0 accessions)
• Symphyotrichum laeve var. geyeri (0 accessions)
• Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve (0 accessions)

Synonyms:

• (=) Aster steeleorum Shinners

Common names:

• glaucous aster  (Source: Aster Ontario) - English
• smooth aster  (Source: Glea Cron ed2) - English
• smooth blue aster  (Source: F GPlains) - English
• smooth-leaf aster  (Source: Aster Ontario) - English
• aster lisse  (Source: Aster Ontario) - French

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada [Yukon Territory (possibly)]
• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Ontario]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Coahuila (n.)]


Adventive

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Norway, Sweden
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Czech Republic, Poland
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy


Naturalized

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands]

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Slovakia
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Romania, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Spain

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Cuba, Guadeloupe, [St. Barthelemy] Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico

References:

1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98. 2012 (L West Indies)
2. Euro+Med Editorial Committee Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). (EuroMed Plantbase)
3. FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
4. Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource). (L Brasil Online)
5. Funk, V. et al. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584. 2007 (L Guiana Shield)
6. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. 1991 (Glea Cron ed2)
7. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association) Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains)
8. Semple, J. C. et al. The Asters of Ontario (Compositae: Astereae): Diplactis Raf., Oclemena E. L. Greene, Doellingeria Nees and Aster. 1996 (Aster Ontario)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=406893. Accessed 4 julio 2024.