Symphyotrichum elliottii

(Torrey & A. Gray) G. L. Nesom

Phytologia 77: 280. 1995.

Common names: Elliott’s aster
Endemic
Basionym: Aster elliottii Torrey & A. Gray Fl. N. Amer. 2: 140. 1841
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 524. Mentioned on page 476, 501, 525.

Perennials, 60–160 (–200) cm, colonial; long-rhizomatous. Stems 1, erect (straight, stout, sometimes purplish-pink), mostly glabrous, hirsutulous in arrays, mainly in lines. Leaves firm, margins serrate to serrulate, scabridulous, apices acute to shortly acuminate, apiculate to mucronate, abaxial faces glabrous, adaxial scabridulous; basal withering by flowering, long-petiolate (petioles narrowly winged, sheathing), blades elliptic, 50–250 × 10–50 mm, bases attenuate; proximal cauline withering by flowering, long-petiolate to subpetiolate (petioles winged, bases expanded, sheathing), blades elliptic to lanceolate or oblanceolate, gradually reduced distally, 70–110 × 15–35 mm, bases attenuate; distal subpetiolate or sessile, (petioles broadly winged, bases sheathing to clasping), blades elliptic, 10–70 × 1–30 mm, progressively reduced distally, more strongly so on branches, bases attenuate to cuneate, clasping, margins serrulate or entire. Heads in paniculiform arrays, branches strongly ascending, leafy. Peduncles 0.5–2.5 cm, to erect, hirsute, bracts 3–5, linear, grading into phyllaries. Involucres narrowly campanulate, 8–11 mm. Phyllaries in 5–6 series, linear-lanceolate or oblanceolate to linear, slightly unequal, bases indurate 1/3–1/2, margins narrowly scarious, hyaline, sparsely and remotely ciliolate, green zones lanceolate to linear, outer distally foliaceous, sometimes constricted in middle, apices spreading to squarrose, long-acuminate, apiculate, faces glabrous. Ray-florets (25–) 30–46+; corollas pink or sometimes lavender, laminae 7–14 × 0.8–1.6 mm. Disc-florets 25–35+; corollas pale-yellow becoming pink and later brown, 6–6.2 mm, tubes slightly shorter than narrowly funnelform limbs, lobes narrowly triangular to lanceolate, 0.8–1 mm. Cypselae tan to pale-brown, oblanceoloid, compressed, 2–2.7 mm, 3–4-nerved, faces glabrous or sparsely hairy; pappi sordid or whitish, 5.5–5.8 mm. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat: Moist, low sites, swamps, bogs, marshes, brackish marshes
Elevation: 0–50+ m

Distribution

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Ala., Fla., Ga., La., N.C., S.C., Va.

Discussion

Symphyotrichum elliottii grows on the Atlantic coastal plain. It is of conservation concern in some states.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Symphyotrichum elliottii"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
spreading +  and squarrose +
long-acuminate;acute;shortly acuminate apiculate +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Luc Brouillet +, John C. Semple +, Geraldine A. Allen +, Kenton L. Chambers +  and Scott D. Sundberg† +
(Torrey & A. Gray) G. L. Nesom +
spatulate;oblanceolate elliptic or ovate +
long-petiolate +  and subpetiolate +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br />) +
attenuate +  and cuneate +
reduced +
indurate +
15mm;35mm +
Aster elliottii +
long-petiolate +  and subpetiolate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
attenuate;elliptic;lanceolate or oblanceolate +
reduced +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
sessile +  and petiolate +
Elliott’s aster +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
brown +, pale-yellow becoming pink +  and pink +
at maturity , more or less ampliate , tubes usually shorter +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.62 cm6.2 mm <br />0.0062 m <br />) +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
tan +  and pale-brown +
strigillose +  and glabrous +
compressed +  and oblanceoloid +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
sessile +  and subpetiolate +
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, N.C. +, S.C. +  and Va. +
0–50+ m +
hairy +  and glabrous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Moist, low sites, swamps, bogs, marshes, brackish marshes +
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 +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (2.1 cm21 mm <br />0.021 m <br />) +
2 (?) +  and 5 (?) +
0.8mm;1.6mm +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
decurrent +
reflexed;spreading;erect +
narrowly triangular +  and lanceolate +
entire +, serrulate +  and serrate +
scabridulous +
coarsely serrate +  and crenate or entire +
2-carpellate +
whitish +  and sordid +
persistent +
25 +  and 40 +
0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br /> (0.58 cm5.8 mm <br />0.0058 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Flowering Aug–Oct. +
oblanceolate +  and linear +
styliferous +, neuter +  and pistillate +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;slightly convex +
exalbuminous +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.1mm;0.2mm +
branched +  and simple +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Aster sect. Heterastrum +  and Aster subg. Symphyotrichum +
Symphyotrichum elliottii +
Symphyotrichum sect. Symphyotrichum +
species +
funnelform-campanulate +  and cylindric +
ampliate +
160 cm1,600 mm <br />1.6 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +
60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br /> (160 cm1,600 mm <br />1.6 m <br />) +
tree +, shrub +  and subshrub +
lanceolate +  and linear +