Taxon: Symphyotrichum oblongifolium (Nutt.) G. L. Nesom

Common names:

• aromatic aster   (Source: F GPlains [as Aster oblongifolius]) – English
  
• oblong-leaf aster   (Source: Aster OK [as Aster oblongifolius]) – English
  
• shalebarren aster   (Source: F WVa [as Aster oblongifolius]) – English
  
• doftaster   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario [possibly]
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Montana, Wyoming
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas

References:

• Allred, Kelly W. 2008. Flora Neomexicana I: The vascular plants of New Mexico, an annotated checklist to the names of vascular plants with synonymy and bibliography.
• Jones, A. G. 1992. Aster & Brachyactis (Asteraceae) in Oklahoma. [= Aster oblongifolius].
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. [= Aster oblongifolius].
• Nesom, G. L. 1994. Review of the taxonomy of Aster sensu lato (Asteraceae: Astereae), emphasizing the New World species. Phytologia 77:287.
• Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. 1978. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2. [= Aster oblongifolius].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Symphyotrichum oblongifolium.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Symphyotrichum oblongifolium.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Symphyotrichum oblongifolium.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Aster oblongifolius Nutt. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Symphyotrichum oblongifolium (Nutt.) G. L. Nesom:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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