Symphyotrichum ciliatum

Symphyotrichum ciliatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to North America and eastern Eurasia. Commonly known as rayless annual aster and rayless alkali aster, it is an annual, herbaceous plant that may reach over 70 centimeters (2 feet 4 inches) in height. Each flower head has many whitish then pink disk florets and no ray florets ("rayless").[3]

Symphyotrichum ciliatum

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Symphyotrichinae
Genus: Symphyotrichum
Subgenus: Symphyotrichum subg. Symphyotrichum
Section: Symphyotrichum sect. Conyzopsis
Species:
S. ciliatum
Binomial name
Symphyotrichum ciliatum
Symphyotrichum ciliatum native distribution map: Canada — Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan, and Yukon; China — China North-Central, China Southeast, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Liaoning, Manchuria, and Xinjiang; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Mongolia; Russia — Altai Republic, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, Sakhalin, Tuva, Western Siberia, and Zabaykalsky Krai; Tadzhikistan; US — Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming; Uzbekistan.
Native distribution[2]
Synonyms[2]

Basionym

  • Erigeron ciliatus Ledeb.
Alphabetical list
    • Aster alpinus var. brachyglossus Onno
    • Aster angustus Torr. & A.Gray
    • Aster brachyactis S.F.Blake
    • Aster ciliatus (Ledeb.) B.Fedtsch.
    • Aster ciliatus subsp. angustus (Lindl.) Govaerts
    • Aster fallax var. brachyglossus (Onno) Peschkova
    • Aster latisquamatus (Maxim.) Hand.-Mazz.
    • Bindera ciliata Raf.
    • Brachyactis altaica (DC.) Kitam.
    • Brachyactis angusta (Lindl.) Britton
    • Brachyactis ciliata (Ledeb.) Ledeb.
    • Brachyactis ciliata subsp. angusta (Lindl.) A.G.Jones
    • Brachyactis latisquamata (Maxim.) Kitag.
    • Chrysocoma humilis DC.
    • Conyza altaica DC.
    • Erigeron latisquamatus Maxim.
    • Linosyris humilis Torr. & A.Gray
    • Tripolium angustum Lindl.
    • Xalkitis ciliata Raf.

Conservation

As of October 2022, NatureServe listed S. ciliatum as Secure (G5) globally; Secure (S5) in Nebraska; Apparently Secure (S4) in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, and Montana; Vulnerable (S3) in Nunavut and Ontario; Imperiled (S2) in Wyoming; Critically Imperiled (S1) in Yukon; and, Possibly Extirpated (SH) in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Its global status was last reviewed on 13 May 2016.[1]

Citations
  1. NatureServe 2022.
  2. POWO 2019.
  3. Brouillet et al. 2006.

References
  • Brouillet, L.; Semple, J.C.; Allen, G.A.; Chambers, K.L.; Sundberg, S.D. (2006). "Symphyotrichum ciliatum". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 20. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  • NatureServe (1 October 2022). "Symphyotrichum ciliatum Alkali American-aster". explorer.natureserve.org. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  • POWO (2019). "Symphyotrichum ciliatum (Ledeb.) G.L.Nesom". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 July 2021.


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