Symphyotrichum subg. Astropolium

(Nuttall) Semple in J. C. Semple et al.

in J. C. Semple et al., Cult. Native Asters Ontario, 133. 2002.

Basionym: Tripolium subg. Astropolium Nuttall Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 295. 1840
Synonyms: Aster sect. Hesterastrum Bentham Aster sect. Oxytripolium (de Candolle) Torrey & A. Gray Undefined subg. Conyzanthus Tamamschjan Symphyotrichum sect. Oxytripolium (de Candolle) G. L. Nesom Tripolium sect. Oxytripolium de Candolle
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 479. Mentioned on page 461, 466.

Annuals or perennials eglandular; taprooted or rhizomatous. Stems not brittle at maturity, glabrous or glabrate, sometimes sparsely hairy in leaf-axils. Leaves: basal withering by flowering, petiolate, blades 1-nerved, spatulate to ovate or obovate, margins entire or shallowly serrate or crenate; cauline subpetiolate or sessile, blades narrowly lanceolate, linear, or subulate, bases attenuate, slightly sheathing, or ± clasping. Heads radiate. Phyllaries unequal (bases indurate), green zones narrowly lanceolate, spatulate to oblanceolate-rhombic, or rhombic (faces glabrous or sparsely hairy). Ray-florets 10–30 (–54) in 1 series; laminae (1.3–) 5–8.5 (–9.5) × (0.2–) 1.2–2 mm. Disc corollas sometimes weakly ampliate, throats funnelform, lobes ± erect or ± spreading. Cypselae narrowly obovoid to fusiform, sometimes ± compressed, 5–6-nerved, sparsely strigillose or glabrate. x = 5.

Distribution

North America, worldwide

Discussion

Species ca. 10 (3 in the flora).

not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Luc Brouillet +, John C. Semple +, Geraldine A. Allen +, Kenton L. Chambers +  and Scott D. Sundberg† +
(Nuttall) Semple in J. C. Semple et al. +
spatulate;ovate or obovate +
clasping +  and sheathing +
attenuate +
indurate +
Tripolium subg. Astropolium +
1-nerved +  and petiolate +
subulate;linear;subulate;linear;lanceolate +
rugulose +  and muricate +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
sessile +  and subpetiolate +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
purplish +  and reddish or pinkish +
at maturity , more or less ampliate , tubes usually shorter +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
glabrate +  and strigillose +
compressed +, narrowly obovoid +  and fusiform +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
North America +  and worldwide +
strigillose +, glabrous +, stipitate-glandular +  and hairy +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
disciform +  and radiate +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
campanulate;hemispheric +
0.85 cm8.5 mm <br />0.0085 m <br /> (0.95 cm9.5 mm <br />0.0095 m <br />) +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
5mm;8.5mm +
1.2mm;2mm +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
decurrent +
spreading;erect +
lanceolate +, triangular +  and deltate +
shallowly serrate or crenate +  and entire +
not +  and hyaline +
ciliate +  and scabrous +
entire +, crenate +  and serrate +
2-carpellate +
white +  and brownish +
persistent +
25 +  and 40 +
oblanceolate or spatulate +  and linear +
in J. C. Semple et al., Cult. Native Asters Ontario, +
styliferous +, neuter +  and pistillate +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;slightly convex +
sundberg1986a +
exalbuminous +
branched +  and simple +
not brittle +
ascending +  and erect +
hairy +, glabrate +  and glabrous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Aster sect. Hesterastrum +, Aster sect. Oxytripolium +, Undefined subg. Conyzanthus +, Symphyotrichum sect. Oxytripolium +  and Tripolium sect. Oxytripolium +
Symphyotrichum subg. Astropolium +
Symphyotrichum +
subgenus +
at maturity , more or less ampliate , tubes usually shorter +
ampliate +
rhizomatous +, taprooted +  and eglandular +
perennial +  and annual +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +
tree +, shrub +  and subshrub +
spatulate +  and oblanceolate-rhombic or rhombic +