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Internal ID UUID643fc5f909bc1198720159
Scientific name Symphyotrichum frondosum
Authority (Nutt.) G.L.Nesom
First published in Phytologia 77(3): 282 (1995)

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Symphyotrichum frondosum, also known as short-rayed alkali aster, is a flowering plant in the Asteraceae family native to western North America. It can grow up to 140 centimeters tall and has oval-shaped leaves and small arrays of pale pink or lavender flowers. It is found in wet habitats, particularly in alkaline or saline conditions, in areas ranging from British Columbia to New Mexico. This plant was previously known as Aster frondosus and is now classified as Symphyotrichum frondosum.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Brachyactis frondosa A.Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts viii. (1873) 647
Aster frondosus Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 165 (1841)
Tripolium frondosum Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. , ser. 2, 7: 296 (1840)

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English short-rayed alkali aster

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northwest
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Idaho
      • Oregon
      • Washington
      • Wyoming
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Utah
    • Western Canada
      • British Columbia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000001499
Canadensys 3542
USDA Plants SYFR2
Tropicos 50112666
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:981827-1
The Plant List gcc-101443
Open Tree Of Life 943288
NCBI Taxonomy 556909
Nature Serve 2.139828
IPNI 981827-1
iNaturalist 79298
GBIF 3151462
Freebase /m/04q0gqm
EOL 392579
Calflora (Californian flora) 9487
USDA GRIN 434227
Wikipedia Symphyotrichum_frondosum

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