Symphyotrichum parviflorum

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Symphyotrichum parviflorum
S. parviflorum growing at Coyote Hills Regional Park in Alameda County, California
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Symphyotrichinae
Genus: Symphyotrichum
Subgenus: Symphyotrichum subg. Astropolium
Species:
S. parviflorum
Binomial name
Symphyotrichum parviflorum
Map of the Americas from the United States southward with the following countries and states colored green to represent the native distribution of this species: USA (Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah); Costa Rica; Belize; Cuba; Ecuador; Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Belize; Nicaragua; Haiti; Dominican Republic.
Native distribution[1]
Synonyms[1][3]

Basionym

  • Aster parviflorus Nees[2]
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Symphyotrichum parviflorum (formerly Symphyotrichum subulatum var. parviflorum) is an annual and herbaceous plant commonly known as southwestern annual saltmarsh aster.[4] It is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, most of Central America, Ecuador, and the southwestern United States. It is also known by the scientific name Symphyotrichum expansum.

Description[edit]

S. parviflorum growing at Lake Murray, San Diego, California

Southwestern annual saltmarsh aster usually flowers from July through November, but sometimes into January. It has white, sometimes pink, ray florets surrounding yellow disk florets. As the plant is drying after pollination, each ray floret curls into 1 to 2 coils.[5]

Taxonomy[edit]

The basionym of Symphyotrichum parviflorum is Aster parviflorus, and it was first described by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck ("Nees") in 1818.[2] It also has been called Symphyotrichum expansum with the basionym Erigeron expansus[3] and Symphyotrichum subulatum var. parviflorum.[5]

Distribution and habitat[edit]

Symphyotrichum parviflorum is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, most of Central America, Ecuador, and the southwestern United States. It is an introduced species in central Europe.[1] Flora of North America reports an introduction of the species in Hawaii and Japan. It grows in marshy habitats and roadsides at 0–1,100 meters (0–3,600 feet), sometimes up to 4,000 m (13,100 ft), and it is often considered weedy.[5]

Conservation[edit]

As of December 2021, NatureServe gives no global status rank to this plant. It does rank it as Critically Imperiled in Nevada.[6]

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Hassler 2021.
  2. ^ a b IPNI 2021.
  3. ^ a b c POWO 2021.
  4. ^ USDA 2014.
  5. ^ a b c Brouillet et al. 2006.
  6. ^ NatureServe 2021.

References[edit]

  • Brouillet, L.; Semple, J.C.; Allen, G.A.; Chambers, K.L.; Sundberg, S.D. (2006). "Symphyotrichum subulatum var. parviflorum". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 20. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 30 December 2021 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  • Hassler, M. (8 December 2021). "Symphyotrichum parviflorum (Nees) Greuter – World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World". In Bánki, O.; Roskov, Y.; Döring, M.; Ower, G.; Vandepitte, L.; Remsen, D.; Hobern, D.; Schalk, P.; DeWalt, R.E.; Keping, M.; Miller, J.; Orrell, T.; Aalbu, R.; Adlard, R.; Adriaenssens, E.; Aedo, C.; Aescht, E.; Akkari, N.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A.; et al. (eds.). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 18 December 2021. Leiden, Netherlands: Naturalis Biodiversity Center. ISSN 2405-8858. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  • "Aster parviflorus Nees, Syn. Aster. Herb. 29 (1818)". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  • NatureServe (6 December 2021). "Symphyotrichum expansum Desert American-aster". explorer.natureserve.org. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  • POWO (2021). "Symphyotrichum expansum (Poepp. ex Spreng.) G.L.Nesom". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  • USDA, NRCS (2014). "Symphyotrichum expansum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
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