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Aster pauciflorus

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Name

Identification
Aster pauciflorus Nutt. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Isotype of Aster thermalis M.E.Jones [family ASTERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Aster pilosus
  • Erigeron graminifolium
  • Aster caricifolius
  • Almutaster pauciflorus
  • Tripolium caricifolium
  • Aster trilineatus
  • Aster thermalis
  • Aster hydrophilus
  • Aster pauciflorus
  • Aster subulatus
Common name
  • Marsh alkali aster, Flora of North America Vol. 20

Flora

Entry for Almutaster pauciflorus (Nuttall) Á. Löve & D. Löve [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 20,
Names
Almutaster pauciflorus (Nuttall) Á. Löve & D. Löve [family COMPOSITAE], Taxon, 31: 356. 1982
Aster pauciflorus Nuttall [family COMPOSITAE], Gen. N. Amer. Pl., 2: 154. 1818
Treatment Author(s)
Luc Brouillet
Information
Plants laxly colonial. Stems sometimes reddish at base. Leaves: blades 10–100 mm, margins sometimes ciliate or (distal) stipitate-glandular, apices mucronulate; basal sometimes marcescent, petiole bases widened, clasping, apices obtuse or acute; cauline reduced distally, subclasping, apices acute. Heads (1–)3–10(–30+), each terminating long, ascending branch. Peduncle bracts 2–9, glandular. Phyllaries ± green, margins erose-hyaline, inner more widely so, apices mucronulate. Ray floret laminae 5–8 mm. Cypselae golden brown, ribs stramineous. 2n = 18.
Phenology
mar-may (spring), jun-aug (summer), sep-nov (fall)
Altitude range
200–2400 m;
Distribution
Mexico.USA Ariz.USA Calif.USA Colo.USA Nev.USA N.Mex.USA N.Dak.USA S.Dak.USA Tex.USA UtahUSA Wyo.Canada Alta.Canada Man.Canada N.W.T.Canada Sask.

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