See other conspecific taxa:

• Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum (0 accessions)
• Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pringlei (0 accessions)

Common names:

• awl aster  (Source: Glea Cron ed2) - English
• frost aster  (Source: F Carolin) - English
• frost-weed aster  (Source: Asters Gard Guide) - English
• hairy aster  (Source: Aster OK) - English
• heath aster  (Source: Aster Ontario) - English
• Michaelmas daisy  (Source: F WVa) - English
• nailrod  (Source: F WVa) - English
• old-field aster  (Source: Aster Ontario) - English
• Pringle's aster  (Source: Aster Ontario) - English
• steelweed  (Source: F WVa) - English
• white heath aster  (Source: F WVa) - English
• white old-field aster  (Source: F Florida) - English
• aster poilu  (Source: F NAmer) - French
• weichhaarige Aster  (Source: Zander Ency) - German

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental (fide Asters Gard Guide, as A. pilosus & A. pringlei)
• Weed: (fide Can J Pl Sci 81:851-875. 2001)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Ontario, Quebec (s.w.)]
• 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 (s.e.), Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida (n.w.), Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia]


Cultivated (also cult.)

Adventive

Europe

• MIDDLE EUROPE: Belgium, Germany


Naturalized

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Netherlands
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Spain

Northern America

• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [New Brunswick, Nova Scotia]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [British Columbia]

References:

1. Chmielewski, J. G. & J. C. Semple 2001. The biology of Canadian weeds. 114. Symphyotrichum pilosum (Willd.) Nesom (Aster pilosus Willd.) Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 81:851-865.
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. Jones, A. G. Aster & Brachyactis (Asteraceae) in Oklahoma. 1992 (Aster OK)
6. Picton, P. The gardener's guide to growing Asters. 1999 (Asters Gard Guide)
7. Radford, A. E. et al. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. (F Carolin)
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)
9. Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2. (F WVa)
10. Wunderlin, R. P. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida. 1998 (F Florida)

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=434279. Accessed 6 julio 2024.