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

Symphyotrichum novi-belgii var. novibelgii

Luc Brouillet, John C. Semple, Geraldine A. Allen, Kenton L. Chambers, Scott D. Sundberg†
Synonyms: Aster crenifolius var. arcuans Fernald Aster foliaceus var. arcuans Griscom & R. J. Eaton Aster foliaceus var. sublinearis (Fernald) A. G. Jones Aster johannensis Lamarck Aster longifolius Linnaeus Aster novi-belgii subsp. johannensis (Fernald) A. G. Jones Aster novi-belgii var. johannensis J. Rousseau Aster novi-belgii var. rosaceus Aster rolandii Aster vaurealis
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 529. Mentioned on page 503, 509, 521, 528, 530.

Plants usually slender, sometimes robust, but then not very compact. Stems glabrous or hirsute in lines. Leaf-blades ovatelanceolate or lanceolate to oblanceolate, 7–9 times as long as wide, bases ± clasping. 2n = 48.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Sep.
Habitat: Sand dunes, sandy or stony upper seashores, saltmarshes, sandy, gravelly or rocky stream shores, edges of moist thickets, edges of sea cliffs, ultramafic barrens, seaside meadows, open seaside mountain heath and meadows
Elevation: 0–800 m

Distribution

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St. Pierre and Miquelon, N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.S., P.E.I., Que., Conn., Maine, Mass., N.H., N.Y., Pa., R.I., Vt., W.Va., in Mexico, Europe, Australia

Discussion

Several cultivars of var. novi-belgii are sold in the horticultural trade. The following forms are not recognized here, as they represent mere color variants: forma novi-belgii, forma albiflorus (Victorin) J. Rousseau, and forma roseus E. L. Rand & Redfield.

Symphyotrichum ×subgeminatum (Fernald) G. L. Nesom (as species) (syn.: Aster subgeminatus Fernald) is the hybrid of var. novi-belgii with S. ciliolatum; it has been observed in western Newfoundland and the Gaspé (Quebec). Variety novi-belgii also hybridizes with S. anticostense (L. Brouillet and J. Labrecque 1987).

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
(Linnaeus) G. L. Nesom +
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 novi-belgii +
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
St. Pierre and Miquelon +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Conn. +, Maine +, Mass. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Vt. +, W.Va. +, in Mexico +, Europe +  and Australia +
Elevation
0–800 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
Sand dunes, sandy or stony upper seashores, saltmarshes, sandy, gravelly or rocky stream shores, edges of moist thickets, edges of sea cliffs, ultramafic barrens, seaside meadows, open seaside mountain heath and meadows +
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;oblanceolate +
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
1995 +
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 1175.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 +  and glabrous +
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 crenifolius var. arcuans +, Aster foliaceus var. arcuans +, Aster foliaceus var. sublinearis +, Aster johannensis +, Aster longifolius +, Aster novi-belgii subsp. johannensis +, Aster novi-belgii var. johannensis +, Aster novi-belgii var. rosaceus +, Aster rolandii +  and Aster vaurealis +
Taxon family
Asteraceae +
Taxon name
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii var. novibelgii +
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 architecture or arrangement
compact +
Whole organism fragility
robust +
Whole organism growth form
plant +
Whole organism size
slender +
X chromosome quantity
8 +
Zone architecture
foliaceous +
Zone coloration
green +
Zone shape
lanceolate +