Aster dumosus L.

ASTERACEAE

- Aster family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Aster dumosus L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 2: 873. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species
See: ► Symphyotrichum dumosum (L.) G.L. Nesom var. dumosum

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Common names

U.S. name: Rice button aster

English name: bushy aster

English name: long-stalk aster

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:
= Symphyotrichum dumosum (L.) G.L. Nesom var. dumosum
= Aster coridifolius Michx.
= Aster dumosus L. var. coridifolius (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray
= Aster dumosus L. var. gracilentus Torr. & A. Gray

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Aster dumosus L. var. coridifolius (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray
2) Aster dumosus L. var. dodgei Fernald
3) Aster dumosus L. var. gracilentus Torr. & A. Gray
4) Aster dumosus L. var. gracilipes Wiegand
5) Aster dumosus L. var. pergracilis Wiegand
6) Aster dumosus L. var. strictior Torr. & A. Gray
7) Aster dumosus L. var. subulifolius Torr. & A. Gray

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Aster
Species:

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Aster dumosus
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Berlin, Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Germania, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ, OK, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV), CAN (NB, ON)

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Map for Aster dumosus L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Aster eatonii (A. Gray) Howell [141]
2) Aster elegans (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray var. engelmannii D.C. Eaton [149]
3) Aster engelmannii (D.C. Eaton) A. Gray [148]
4) Aster engelmannii (D.C. Eaton) A. Gray var. paucicapitatus B.L. Rob. [99]
5) Aster ericoides L. var. strictus Porter [92]
6) Aster exilis Elliot var. australis A. Gray [141]
7) Aster firmus Nees [144]
8) Aster fontinalis Alexander [92]
9) Aster glabriuscula (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray [156]
10) Aster gracilescens Burgess [155]

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