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Symphyotrichum subg. Chapmaniani
Habit Perennials, eglandular; usually short-rhizomatous, sometimes with caudices.
Stems

not brittle at maturity, glabrous.
Leaves

basal persistent to flowering, petiolate (petioles sometimes marcescent), blades 1-nerved, linear to linear-lanceolate sparsely denticulate or entire;

cauline sessile, blades linear, bases clasping or subclasping.
Disc corollas

± ampliate, throats funnelform to narrowly campanulate, lobes erect.
Phyllaries

unequal (bases indurate), green zones narrowly lanceolate (faces sparsely villous).
Heads

radiate.
Cypselae

obovoid, compressed, 8–10(–14)-nerved, glabrous.
Rays

florets 8–23 in 1 series;

laminae (10–)14–15(–20) × 0.8–2.2 mm.
x

= 7.

Symphyotrichum subg. Chapmaniani
Distribution
se United States
Discussion

Species 1.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 478.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Symphyotrichum
Subordinate taxa
Synonyms Aster subsection Chapmaniani, Eurybia section Chapmaniani
Name authority (Semple) Semple: in J. C. Semple et al., Cult. Native Asters Ontario, 133. (2002)
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