Symphyotrichum phlogifolium

ClassificationDicots
FamilyAsteraceae
Family (Traditional)Asteraceae
GenusSymphyotrichum
Species:Symphyotrichum phlogifolium (Muhl. ex Willd.) G. L. Nesom
Common NameThin Leaf Late Purple Aster; Thinleaf Late Purple Aster
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BFM; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: GM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: NCCGSNA; Natural Area Presence: WOLF; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Petiole Type: subpetiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Purple; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Cypsela; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: head; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5; Tepal Number: N/A
C value 5
StatusNative; TN[SNR] KY[SNR] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Aster patens var. phlogifolius Aster patens var. phlogifolius (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nees
Aster phlogifolius Aster phlogifolius Willd.
Virgulus patens var. phlogifolius Virgulus patens var. phlogifolius (Muhl.ex Willd.) J.L.Reveal & C.S.Keener

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Clark (KY), Estill (KY), Harlan (KY), Jackson (KY), Laurel (KY), Lee (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Martin (KY), Morgan (KY), Pike (KY), Powell (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Wolfe (KY), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Campbell (TN), Franklin (TN), Grainger (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Johnson (TN), Marion (TN), Meigs (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Rhea (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN), Washington (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, MDKY, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1955 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100274958 Bledsoe Tennessee 25 Sep 1978 Ronald L. Jones
2188
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100274909 Rowan Kentucky 27 Sep 1985 Ronald L. Jones
4594
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100274826 Harlan Kentucky 20 Sep 1998 Ronald L. Jones
8932
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100274883 Powell Kentucky 29 Sep 1977 Ronald L. Jones
2038
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100275104 Meigs Tennessee 05 Oct 1980 Henry R. DeSelm
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100275047 Grundy Tennessee 14 May 1977 Ronald L. Jones
1803
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100274982 Grainger Tennessee 18 Sep 1976 R. Jones
1773
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100274966 Bledsoe Tennessee 25 Sep 1978 Ronald L. Jones
2189
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100275112 Sequatchie Tennessee 26 Sep 1977 Ronald L. Jones
2016
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
N/A Grundy Tennessee 25 Sep 1978 Ronald L. Jones
2184
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100275070 Grundy Tennessee 24 Oct 1977 Ronad L. Jones
2076
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100274867 Powell Kentucky 28 Sep 1978 Ronald L. Jones
2199
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100274818 Estill Kentucky 18 Sep 1987 Richard G. Guetig
382
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100274875 Powell Kentucky 29 Sep 1977 Ronald L. Jones
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
N/A Grainger Tennessee 28 Sep 1977 Ronald L. Jones
EKY
Aster phlogifolius
31234100274917 Rowan Kentucky 27 Sep 1985 Ronald L. Jones
4594
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100275054 Grundy Tennessee 24 Oct 1977 Ronald L. Jones
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100275062 Grundy Tennessee 24 Oct 1977 Ronald L. Jones
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100749199 Jackson Kentucky 19 Sep 1991 Joseph Abner
91-2
EKY
Aster phlogifolius
31234100274990 Grainger Tennessee 28 Sep 1977 Ronald L. Jones
2029
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100275088 Grundy Tennessee 25 Sep 1978 Ronald L. Jones
2184
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100274834 Harlan Kentucky 21 Sep 1993 Bryce D. Fields
632
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100275013 Grundy Tennessee 26 Sep 1977 Ronald L. Jones
1995
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100275039 Grundy Tennessee 26 Sep 1977 Ronald L. Jones
1987
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100275096 Grundy Tennessee 25 Sep 1978 Ronald L. Jones
2182
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
APSC0102618 Grundy Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100274974 Bledsoe Tennessee 27 Sep 1977 Ronald L. Jones
2024
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100274933 Rowan Kentucky 27 Sep 1985 Ronald L. Jones
4594
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
N/A Powell Kentucky 28 Sep 1978 Ronald L. Jones
2198
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100274891 Powell Kentucky 28 Sep 1978 Ronald L. Jones
2197
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100275005 Grainger Tennessee 14 May 1977 Ronald L. Jones
1805
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100274925 Rowan Kentucky 27 Sep 1985 Ronald L. Jones
4594
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100275021 Grundy Tennessee 25 Sep 1978 Ronald L. Jones
2183
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
BEREA009402 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
BEREA009398 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
BEREA009401 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
BEREA009400 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
BEREA009399 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
BEREA009397 Lee Kentucky
BEREA
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
BEREA009396 Lee Kentucky
BEREA
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
TENN-V-0243635 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Aster phlogifolius
UCHT036245 Campbell Tennessee
UCHT
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
UCHT039985 Overton Tennessee
UCHT
Aster phlogifolius
N/A Tennessee Oct. 1896 A. Ruth
UCHT
Aster phlogifolius
UCHT028535 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
UCHT028534 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
UCHT028536 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
UOS01450 Franklin Tennessee 13 Sep 2008 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
BEREA025564 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 19 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
ETSU031087 Johnson Tennessee
ETSU
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
ETSU013300 Sullivan Tennessee
16746
ETSU
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
ETSU013301 Unicoi Tennessee
RF2967
ETSU
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
ETSU026822 Hawkins Tennessee 19 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19978
ETSU
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
N/A Tennessee Oct. 1896 A. Ruth
UCHT
Aster phlogifolius
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 28 Sep 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
N/A Sullivan Tennessee 24 Oct 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
MDKY00010077 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Aster phlogifolius
MDKY00010076 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Aster phlogifolius
MDKY00010074 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Aster phlogifolius
MDKY00010075 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Aster phlogifolius
TENN-V-0221923 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
TENN-V-0221932 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
TENN-V-0221931 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
TENN-V-0221935 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
TENN-V-0221933 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
TENN-V-0221921 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
TENN-V-0221936 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
TENN-V-0221924 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
TENN-V-0221925 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
TENN-V-0221926 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
TENN-V-0221922 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
TENN-V-0221934 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
TENN-V-0221930 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
TENN-V-0221920 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
TENN-V-0221928 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
TENN-V-0221929 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
TENN-V-0221927 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
UCHT007950 Hawkins Tennessee 06 Oct 1955 Jim Wolfe
UCHT
Aster phlogifolius
APSC0102621 Morgan Kentucky
APSC
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
APSC0111065 Pike Kentucky 14 Aug 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
APSC0074835 Martin Kentucky 18 Oct 1978 Rich Hannan
APSC
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
APSC0087692 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
APSC0027591 Campbell Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
APSC0112305 Pike Kentucky 14 Aug 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
APSC0110264 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
APSC0115248 Rowan Kentucky
APSC
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
APSC0075759 Wolfe Kentucky
APSC
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
APSC0084809 Franklin Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
APSC0102619 Powell Kentucky
APSC
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
APSC0091532 Rowan Kentucky 27 Sep 1986 Max Medley
APSC
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100274842 Laurel Kentucky 15 Oct 1988 Ralph L. Thompson
88-2819
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
31234100274859 Morgan Kentucky 28 Sep 1978 Ronald L. Jones
2196
EKY
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
APSC0084845 Rowan Kentucky
APSC
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
APSC0115249 Rowan Kentucky
APSC
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
APSC0086886 Clark Kentucky
APSC
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
APSC0084810 Franklin Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum phlogifolium
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