Taxon: Symphyotrichum ascendens (Lindl.) G. L. Nesom

Genus:

Symphyotrichum

Family:

Asteraceae (alt.Compositae)

Subfamily:

Asteroideae

Tribe:

Astereae

Nomen number:

406989

Place of publication:

Phytologia 77:276. 1995 ("1994")

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

22-mar-2012 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 22-mar-2012

Species priority site is:

Ornamental Plant Germplasm Center (OPGC)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Basionym: Aster ascendens Lindl.
(≡) Aster chilensis subsp. ascendens (Lindl.) Cronquist

Common names:

intermountain aster (Source: F NAmer) - English
longleaf aster (Source: F NAmer) - English
western aster (Source: Asters Gard Guide) - English

Economic Importance:

Vertebrate poisons: mammals (to livestock via selenium poisoning fide Kingsbury, as Aster ascendens)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta (s.), British Columbia, Saskatchewan (s.)]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [North Dakota]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon (e.), Washington (s.e.), Wyoming]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona (n.), California, Nevada, Utah]

References:

FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
Picton, P. The gardener's guide to growing Asters. 1999 (Asters Gard Guide)

Check other web resources for Symphyotrichum ascendens (Lindl.) G. L. Nesom :

Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

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=406989. Accessed 4 julio 2024.