familyAsteraceae
tribeAsteraceae tribe Astereae
genusSymphyotrichum
subgenusSymphyotrichum subg. Symphyotrichum
sectionSymphyotrichum sect. Symphyotrichum
speciesSymphyotrichum novi-belgii
varietySymphyotrichum novi-belgii var. villicaule

Symphyotrichum novi-belgii var. villicaule

(A. Gray) Labrecque & Brouillet

Phytologia 82: 138. 1997.

Luc Brouillet, John C. Semple, Geraldine A. Allen, Kenton L. Chambers, Scott D. Sundberg†
Endemic
Basionym: Aster longifolius var. villicaulis A. Gray in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 189. 1884
Synonyms: Aster johannensis var. villicaulis (A. Gray) Fernald Aster novi-belgii var. villicaulis (A. Gray) B. Boivin
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 528.

Plants relatively slender. Stems uniformly and densely hirsute (at least proximally). Leaf-blades lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 7–9 times as long as wide, bases clasping. 2n = 48.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Sep.
Habitat: Usually open, mostly calcareous, gravelly or rocky stream shores
Elevation: 0–100 m

Distribution

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N.B., Que., Maine.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"thick" is not a number.

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2n chromosome quantity
48 +
Abaxial midvein pubescence
villosulous +
Anther base shape
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
Anther dehiscence
introrse +
Anther fusion
connate +
Apex architecture
petiolate +
Apex architecture or fixation
clasping +
Apex fusion
distinct +
Apex growth form or texture
herbaceous +
Apex length
17mm;60mm +
Apex life cycle
flowering +
Apex orientation
spreading +  and more or less squarrose +
Apex shape
mucronulate;usually acute;obtuse or more or less long-acuminate +
Apex size
subequal +
Apex texture
scarious +
Apex width
6mm +  and 11mm +
Apical appendage quantity
0 +
Apical appendage shape
usually triangular +  and linear +
Appendage pubescence
hirsute +
Appendage relief
papillate +
Appendage shape
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
Array architecture
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
Array development
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Author
Luc Brouillet +, John C. Semple +, Geraldine A. Allen +, Kenton L. Chambers +  and Scott D. Sundberg† +
Authority
(A. Gray) Labrecque & Brouillet +
Band architecture
continuous +
Band quantity
1 +
Basal leaf life cycle
withering +
Basal leaf shape
spatulate;oblanceolate elliptic or ovate +
Base architecture
winged-petiolate +, sessile +  and petiolate +
Base architecture or fixation
clasping +
Base length
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
Base life cycle
flowering +
Base quantity
1/5;1/3 +
Base shape
auriculate +, rounded +, cuneate +, obovate +  and elliptic +
Base texture
indurate +
Base width
4mm;40mm +
Basionyms
Aster longifolius var. villicaulis +
Blade architecture
winged-petiolate +, sessile +  and petiolate +
Blade length
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (6.2 cm62 mm <br />0.062 m <br />) +
Blade life cycle
flowering +
Blade shape
lanceovate;linear-lanceolate +
Blade size
reduced +
Blade width
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Body architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Body architecture or shape
ribbed +
Body relief
rugulose +  and muricate +
Bract position
subtending +
Bract quantity
1;3 +
Bract shape
ovate +  and linear-oblanceolate +
Branch architecture
leafy +
Branch arrangement
divaricate +
Branch arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Branch leaf arrangement or density
remote +
Branch leaf size
reduced +  and small +
Branch orientation
ascending +
Branch structure in adjective form
stigmatic +
Bristle architecture
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
Bristle pappus duration
persistent +
Bristle shape
Attenuate (?) +
Calyculus presence
absent +
Cauline leaf architecture
sessile +  and petiolate +
Corolla architecture
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
Corolla coloration
yellow becoming reddish-brown +, white +, pink +, purple +  and blue-violet +
Corolla coloration or density
becoming;purple +
Corolla height or length or size
at maturity , more or less ampliate , tubes usually shorter +
Corolla presence
absent +
Cypsela architecture
4-6-nerved +
Cypsela architecture or shape
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
Cypsela coloration
tan +  and brown +
Cypsela growth form
dimorphic +
Cypsela pubescence
strigillose +  and glabrous +
Cypsela shape
compressed +  and obovoid +
Cypsela some measurement
2mm;4mm +
Disc-floret atypical quantity
50 (110) +
Disc-floret quantity
28 (68) +
Disc-floret reproduction
fertile +  and bisexual +
Disc-floret variability
equaling +
Disc corolla size
ampliate +
Disc floret architecture
staminate +
Disc floret reproduction
fertile +  and bisexual +
Distal leaf architecture
sessile +
Distribution
N.B. +, Que. +  and Maine. +
Elevation
0–100 m +
Embryo course
straight +
Face architecture
eglandular +
Face pubescence
sparsely strigose +  and glabrate +
Filament fusion
distinct +
Floret architecture
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
Floret atypical quantity
5;15 +
Floret position
proximal +
Floret quantity
1;5 +
Floret reproduction
bisexual +
Fruit architecture
winged +  and beaked +
Fruit condition or texture
dry +
Fruit density
dispersed +
Habitat
Usually open, mostly calcareous, gravelly or rocky stream shores +
Head architecture
disciform +  and radiate +
Head architecture or arrangement
radiate +
Head arrangement
singly +
Head development
indeterminate +
Head reproduction
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Bee F. Gunn +
Individual head architecture
each +  and sessile +
Involucre diameter
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
Involucre position relational
surrounding +
Involucre shape
campanulate +
Involucre some measurement
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Lamina atypical length
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Lamina length
10mm;19mm +
Lamina quantity
2 (?) +  and 5 (?) +
Lamina width
0.9mm;2.1mm +
Leaf-blade l w ratio
7-9 +
Leaf-blade shape
lanceolate;linear-lanceolate +
Leaf architecture
sessile +  and petiolate +
Leaf arrangement
alternate +
Leaf position
cauline +  and basal +
Leaf texture
fleshy +  and firm +
Line quantity
2 +
Line shape
decurrent +
Lobe atypical quantity
4 (5) +
Lobe orientation
reflexed;spreading;erect +
Lobe quantity
5 (?) +
Lobe shape
lanceolate +
Lobe some measurement
? (?) +
Margin architecture or relief
erose +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +  and serrulate +
Margin coloration
hyaline +
Margin pubescence
ciliolate +
Margin pubescence or relief
scabrous +
Margin shape
coarsely serrate +  and crenate or entire +
Margin texture
scarious +
Nerve atypical quantity
2 (3) +
Nerve quantity
3 (5) +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Outer phyllarie architecture
foliaceous +
Ovary architecture
2-carpellate +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Ovary position
inferior +
Ovule fixation
attached +
Ovule orientation
anatropous +
Ovule quantity
1 +
Pappus architecture
barbellate +
Pappus atypical quantity
40 (55) +
Pappus coloration
sordid +  and yellowish +
Pappus duration
persistent +
Pappus height or length or size
shorter +
Pappus quantity
25 +  and 40 +
Pappus some measurement
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Pappus variability
equal +
Peduncle pubescence
pilose +  and glabrous +
Peduncle some measurement
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (4.1 cm41 mm <br />0.041 m <br />) +
Pericarp fragility
tough +
Pericarp width
thick +
Peripheral floret presence
absent +
Peripheral floret quantity
In 1 (3+ series) +
Petal fusion
connate +
Phenology
Flowering Aug–Sep. +
Phyllarie architecture
1(-3)-nerved +
Phyllarie duration
persistent +
Phyllarie fusion
distinct +
Phyllarie life cycle
falling +
Phyllarie quantity
20 (84) +
Phyllarie shape
spatulate or oblong-lanceolate +  and linear-lanceolate or linear +
Phyllarie size
less unequal +  and subequal +
Phyllarie texture
Herbaceous (Chartaceous or scarious) +
Proximal cauline leaf life cycle
withering +
Publication title
Phytologia +
Publication year
1997 +
Ray-floret architecture
styliferous +, neuter +  and pistillate +
Ray-floret atypical quantity
35 (75) +
Ray-floret presence
absent +
Ray-floret quantity
15 (35) +
Ray-floret reproduction
sterile +
Ray floret atypical quantity
50 (60) +
Ray floret quantity
14 (110) +
Ray floret size
reduced +
Receptacle architecture
epaleate +
Receptacle pubescence
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
Receptacle relief
pitted +
Receptacle shape
flat;slightly convex +
Reference
None +
Root texture
fibrous +
Seed architecture
exalbuminous +
Seed quantity
1 +
Sepal variability
modifed +
Series architecture
pistillate +
Series atypical quantity
1 (3) +
Series length
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Series quantity
3;4 +
Series reproduction
fertile +
Series width
0.1mm;0.2mm +
Source xml
https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V19-20-21/V20 1173.xml +
Special status
Endemic +
Stamen arrangement
alternate +
Stamen atypical quantity
4 (5) +
Stamen quantity
5 +
Stem architecture
branched +  and simple +
Stem fragility
brittle +
Stem growth form
vinelike +
Stem orientation
erect +
Stem pubescence
hirsute +
Stem quantity
1 +  and 5 +
Style-branch appendage shape
lanceolate +
Style-branch architecture
appendaged +  and truncate +
Style architecture
2-branched +
Style pubescence
glabrous +
Style quantity
1 +
Style relief
papillate +  and smooth +
Synonyms
Aster johannensis var. villicaulis +  and Aster novi-belgii var. villicaulis +
Taxon family
Asteraceae +
Taxon name
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii var. villicaule +
Taxon parent
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii +
Taxon rank
variety +
Throat shape
funnelform-campanulate +
Tube height or length or size
shorter +
Tube life cycle
maturity +
Tube size
ampliate +
Volume
Volume 20 +
Whole-organism architecture
long-rhizomatous +
Whole-organism atypical some measurement
100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br /> (140 cm1,400 mm <br />1.4 m <br />) +
Whole-organism duration
perennial +
Whole-organism growth form
cespitose +  and colonial +
Whole-organism some measurement
17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
Whole organism growth form
plant +
Whole organism size
slender +
X chromosome quantity
8 +
Zone architecture
foliaceous +
Zone coloration
green +
Zone shape
lanceolate +