See other conspecific taxa:

• Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides (0 accessions)
• Symphyotrichum ericoides var. pansum (0 accessions)

Synonyms:

• Basionym: Aster ericoides L.
• (=) Aster multiflorus Aiton
• (=) Aster pansus (S. F. Blake) Cronquist

Common names:

• dense-flower aster  (Source: Asters Gard Guide) - English
• elongate aster  (Source: F Utah ed2) - English
• heath aster  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• many-flower aster  (Source: Aster Ontario) - English
• squarrose white aster  (Source: Glea Cron ed2) - English
• tufted white prairie aster  (Source: F Alberta) - English
• white aster  (Source: F GPlains) - English
• white heath aster  (Source: F Ohio) - English
• white prairie aster  (Source: F Mich) - English
• white-wreath aster  (Source: Asters Gard Guide) - English
• wreath aster  (Source: F Mich) - English
• aster éricoïde  (Source: F NAmer) - French
• Erika-Aster  (Source: Zander Ency) - German
• Myrten-Aster  (Source: Zander Ency) - German
• ljungaster  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard; Asters Gard Guide, as Aster ericoides)
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals (fide Kingsbury, as Aster ericoides)
• Weed: (fide Can J Pl Sci 83:1017-1035. 2003)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada [Northwest Territory]
• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Ontario (s.)]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, 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, Oregon (n.e.), Washington, Wyoming]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arkansas, Delaware, Maryland, Mississippi, Virginia, District of Columbia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, Utah]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua (n.), Nuevo Leon (n.)]


Cultivated (also cult.)

Adventive

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom


Naturalized

Europe

• MIDDLE EUROPE: Hungary
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France

Northern America

• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Quebec]

References:

1. Chmielewski, J. G. & J. C. Semple 2003. The biology of Canadian weeds. 125. Symphyotrichum ericoides (L.) Nesom (Aster ericoides L.) and S. novae-angliae (L.) Nesom (A. novae-angliae L.) Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 83:1017-1035.
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. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. 1991 (Glea Cron ed2)
5. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
6. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)
7. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association) Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains)
8. Moss, E. H. & J. G. Packer Flora of Alberta, ed. 2. (F Alberta)
9. Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow) The vascular flora of Ohio. 1967- (F Ohio)
10. Picton, P. The gardener's guide to growing Asters. 1999 (Asters Gard Guide)
11. Semple, J. C. et al. The Asters of Ontario (Compositae: Astereae): Diplactis Raf., Oclemena E. L. Greene, Doellingeria Nees and Aster. 1996 (Aster Ontario)
12. Voss, E. Michigan flora. 1972- (F Mich)
13. Welsh, S. L. et al. A Utah flora. (F Utah ed2)

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=406991. Accessed 4 julio 2024.