Symphyotrichum patens var. gracile
Symphyotrichum patens var. patens
late purple aster
late purple aster
campanulate, 5.5–6.5 mm.
campanulate, 5.5–7.5 mm.
in 4–5 series, squarrose, acute to acuminate, densely strigillose, sparsely stipitate-glandular;
mid 0.7–1 mm wide.
in 4–5 series, squarrose, acute to acuminate, sparsely strigillose, densely stipitate-glandular;
mid 1–1.2 mm wide.
= 10, 20.
= 10, 20.
Symphyotrichum patens var. gracile
Symphyotrichum patens var. patens
Variety gracile is most common in the southwestern part of the species range, in the western Coastal Plains and Central Lowland, and is infrequent to the east. It is mostly diploid, some tetraploids occurring in Texas and Louisiana.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Variety patens is found in the southern Central Lowland, the Appalachian Mountains, the Piedmont, and the Coastal Plains. Aster patens forma rosea Svenson is a color morph that is not recognized here.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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