Symphyotrichum urophyllum

ClassificationDicots
FamilyAsteraceae
Family (Traditional)Asteraceae
GenusSymphyotrichum
Species:Symphyotrichum urophyllum (Lindl. ex DC.) G. L. Nesom
Common NameWhite Arrowleaf Aster; Arrowleaf Aster
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: UCR; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; 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: petiolate; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Blue; Base Flower Color: Pink; 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 7
StatusNative; TN[SNR] KY[SNR] (State Rank); G4G5 (Global Rank)
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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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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 sagittifolius var. dissitiflorus Aster sagittifolius var. dissitiflorus
Aster sagittifolius var. glomerellus Aster sagittifolius var. glomerellus

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: Bell (KY), Bracken (KY), Carlisle (KY), Christian (KY), Clark (KY), Edmonson (KY), Elliott (KY), Estill (KY), Fayette (KY), Grayson (KY), Hardin (KY), Harlan (KY), Hickman (KY), Jefferson (KY), Lee (KY), Letcher (KY), Lewis (KY), Lyon (KY), Meade (KY), Oldham (KY), Pulaski (KY), Shelby (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Cheatham (TN), Cumberland (TN), Giles (TN), Greene (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Knox (TN), McNairy (TN), Montgomery (TN), Morgan (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Roane (TN), Stewart (TN), Van Buren (TN), Williamson (TN)

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1948 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100278694 Knox Tennessee 19 Oct 1984 Henry R. DeSelm
EKY
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
31234100278454 Elliott Kentucky 15 Oct 2012 M. Greene
EKY
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0027572 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0075680 Carlisle Kentucky
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0090715 Todd Kentucky
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0075677 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0111198 Williamson Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0094563 Christian Kentucky 03 Oct 2009
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0027578 Christian Kentucky 13 Sep 2012 Rebecca Johnson
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
31234100278553 Shelby Kentucky 12 Oct 1974 Patricia A. Smith
60
EKY
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
31234100278496 Grayson Kentucky 14 Sep 1962 Elizabeth M. Browne
6502
EKY
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0090555 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0094564 Christian Kentucky 03 Oct 2009
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0071796 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0027573 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0028022 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0027571 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0075679 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0027602 Roane Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
31234100278439 Elliott Kentucky 01 Oct 2012 M. Greene
EKY
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
31234100278678 Cheatham Tennessee 26 Jun 1976 Ronald L. Jones
1578
EKY
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
31234100278512 Lewis Kentucky 27 Sep 1986 Allison W. Cusick
26037
EKY
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
BEREA009457 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0027584 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0113893 McNairy Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0090277 Clark Kentucky 04 Oct 1986 Max Medley
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
31234100278470 Fayette Kentucky Danny Husband
287
EKY
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
31234100278520 Lee Kentucky 09 Oct 1993 Ronald L. Jones
7471
EKY
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
31234100278421 Bell Kentucky 01 Oct 1964 Ellwood J. Carr
EKY
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
31234100278504 Harlan Kentucky 07 Aug 1948 Mary E. Wharton
6340
EKY
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
31234100278447 Bracken Kentucky 01 Oct 1983 George F. Buddell II
2364
EKY
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0027574 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0080303 Meade Kentucky
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0027877 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0053762 Morgan Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
UOS03289 Van Buren Tennessee 15 Sep 2001 Chris A. Fleming
UOS
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
ETSU026816 Hawkins Tennessee 19 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19972
ETSU
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
UCHT041750 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
31234100278686 Cumberland Tennessee 20 Sep 1980 Henry R. DeSelm
EKY
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
BEREA009459 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0027567 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0053763 Morgan Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0053764 Morgan Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0027568 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0080002 Hickman Kentucky
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
31234100744547 Bracken Kentucky 01 Oct 1983 George F. Buddell
2415
EKY
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
31234100278702 Putnam Tennessee 19 Sep 1975 Ronald L. Jones
1081
EKY
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
31234100744539 Tennessee 18 Sep 1981 Henry R. DeSelm
EKY
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
31234100278488 Fayette Kentucky 01 Oct 1954 Mary E. Wharton
8789
EKY
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0027580 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0111197 Williamson Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0027586 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0050130 Grundy Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
UCHT039997 Williamson Tennessee
UCHT
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
31234100278710 Roane Tennessee 14 Sep 1988 Henry R. DeSelm
EKY
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
31234100278538 Letcher Kentucky 04 Oct 1974 William H. Martin
EKY
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
ETSU007168 Greene Tennessee 15 Sep 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0027620 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0027569 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0027582 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0027583 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0069473 Pulaski Kentucky 30 Sep 1987 Max Medley
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0057042 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0076705 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
UOS01460 Van Buren Tennessee 27 Sep 2002 Chris A. Fleming
UOS
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 19 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
31234100739133 Jefferson Kentucky 04 Oct 2005 Patricia D. Haragan
25181
EKY
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
31234100278462 Estill Kentucky 26 Oct 1974 William H. Martin
EKY
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
31234100744521 Tennessee 18 Sep 1981 Henry R. DeSelm
EKY
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0027581 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0053765 Morgan Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0053761 Morgan Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0027570 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0090695 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
APSC0027579 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
UCHT037805 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
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