Aster drummondii
Drummond's aster Taxonomy
Synonyms: Aster sagittifolius var. drummondii, Symphyotrichum drummondii var. drummondii Subspecific taxa: Classification:
Other taxonomic & nomenclature sources: USDA Plants;  ITIS;  The Plant List;  IPNI Species Distribution
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Absent: Not known from county Medium confidence: Medium or unknown confidence; often old records or unverifiable observations Medium-high confidence: Often observations by expert botanists High confidence: Often vouchered herbarium records Planted / introduced: Native species introduced outside historic range, or only in planted locations within county (e.g., restorations) Historic / extirpated: Only historic records for the species; likely extirpated (Note that this category is not yet functional) North American distribution maps for this species: FLNA;  USDA Plants;  BONAP;  BISON
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Species Status
Status/Listing: No Information Notes: Origin: Native
Species Description
General: Dicot-herb, perennial Roots: adventitious, fibrous, rhizomes Shoots: alternate leaf arrangment; simple leaf type; entire, serrate leaf margin; Pinnate leaf venation; linear, oblong, lanceolate, orbicular and peltate leaf shape Inflorescence: panicle, head Flowers: perfect, unisexual, monoecious; complete, regular, irregular; blue; epigynous ovary position Fruit: achene Physiology: autotrophic Reproduction: sexual, vegetative
Ecology & Natural History
Habitat: Rocky or open woods. Open disturbed woods, enough weedy potential to invade abandoned fields and pastures. Fraxinus americana, Prunus serotina, Prunus virginiana, Tilia americana. Weed in rubble of destroyed buildings. ILPIN Notes: Versus typical variety, this one has stem evenly and usually densely short- pubescent throughout. Disk florets perfect and fertile, ray florets pistillate and fertile. A branched caudex or short rhizome. An abundant fall wildflower. May be the same as Aster texanus Burgess-. Stephens, H.A. 1980. Poisonous Plants of Central United States. Functional Relationships:
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