Taxon: Symphyotrichum laeve (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve var. laeve

See other conspecific taxa:

• Symphyotrichum laeve (no accessions)
• Symphyotrichum laeve var. concinnum (no accessions)
• Symphyotrichum laeve var. geyeri (1 accessions)

Common names:

• glaucous aster   (Source: Aster Ontario [as Aster laevis]) – English
  
• smooth aster   (Source: Glea Cron ed2 [as Aster laevis]) – English
  
• smooth blue aster   (Source: F GPlains [as Aster laevis]) – English
  
• smooth-leaf aster   (Source: Aster Ontario [as Aster laevis]) – English
  
• aster lisse   (Source: Aster Ontario [as Aster laevis]) – French
  
• glatte Aster   (Source: Zander Ency [as Aster laevis]) – German
  
• kahle Aster   (Source: Zander Ency [as Aster laevis]) – German
  
• daggaster   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard, as Aster laevis)
  

More:

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario [s.]
  Western Canada: Canada - Manitoba [s.e.]
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Spain - Canary Islands
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Turkey
  Caucasus: Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Germany; Netherlands; Slovakia
  Southeastern Europe: Romania; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France; Spain
• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Quebec
  Mexico
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Cuba; Guadeloupe - St. Barthelemy; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Puerto Rico
  Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana
  Brazil: Brazil - Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo

• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Norway; Sweden
  Middle Europe: Czech Republic; Poland
  Southeastern Europe: Italy

• also cultivated

References:

• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Nesom, G. L. 1994. Review of the taxonomy of Aster sensu lato (Asteraceae: Astereae), emphasizing the New World species. Phytologia 77:284.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Aster laevis L. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Aster laevis var. laevis
  

Check other web resources for Symphyotrichum laeve (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve var. laeve:

• Euro+Med Plantbase: Information Resource for Euro-Mediterranean Plant Diversity
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Check other databases for images:

• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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