Symphyotrichum divaricatum

Family:ASTERACEAE
Species:Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nutt.) G.L. Nesom
Common Name:Midwestern Annual Aster; Lawn Aster; Slim Aster
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Lawn Aster is a native annual or biennial member of the Sunflower family (Asteraceae). It is found in scattered locations across Alabama. Lawn Aster is usually found in moist disturbed sites such as marshes, river banks and sand bars, roadside ditches, and lawns. Flora of North America does not recognize this plant at the species level, and treats it as one of five varieties of the Eastern Saltmarsh Aster (Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michaux) G. L. Nesom). As a variety its scientific name is Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michaux) G. L. Nesom var. ligulatum S. D. Sundberg. This variety differs from the other varieties mainly in its larger ray flowers which are lavender or pale blue as opposed to white or pink in the other varieties. Lawn Aster growing in natural areas in a tap rooted annual with a smooth stem up to three feet in height. In lawns the plants are decumbent, weaving through the grasses and other plants. The lower leaves are lost before flowering, and those that remain on the stem are smooth and long oblanceolate in shape. The leaves near the heads are very small and pressed against the stem. The flowers are produced in heads. The disc flowers are yellow and the ray flowers are pale blue. In bright sunlight they may appear white. --A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyASTERACEAE - Aster family
Genus Symphyotrichum
Species Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nutt.) G.L. Nesom - Midwestern Annual Aster; Lawn Aster; Slim Aster

Citation

Citation Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G.L. Nesom, Phytologia 77(3): 279. 1994 [1995].
Basionym: Tripolium divaricatum Nutt. 1840.
Type: **

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Aster exilis    
Aster subulatus var. ligulatus    
Symphyotrichum subulatum var. ligulatum    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Barbour, Blount, Cherokee, Clarke, Dallas, DeKalb, Etowah, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lowndes, Macon, Marshall, Mobile, Montgomery, Pickens, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, BRIT, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1891 - 1973

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UNA00026905 Mobile 22 Oct 1969 Kral, Robert
38283
UNA
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) Nesom
JSU146683 Jefferson 05 Oct 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
1190
JSU
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) Nesom
BRIT89907 Sumter 05 Oct 1972 Kral, Robert
48764
BRIT
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
JSU123898 Shelby 12 Oct 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9344
JSU
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) Nesom
TROY000042350 Lowndes 17 Oct 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25621
TROY
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
UWAL0038393 Baldwin 06 Oct 1973 LeLong, Michel G.
7337
UWAL
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G.L. Nesom
UNA00067291 Lowndes 15 Oct 2006 Schotz, Alfred
2046
UNA
Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michx.) Nesom var. ligulatum S.D. Sundberg
TROY000042324 Baldwin 28 Oct 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13077
TROY
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
UWAL0009445 Sumter 26 Oct 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12788
UWAL
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nutt.) Nesom
TROY000041981 Macon 07 Nov 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25660
TROY
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
BRIT89910 Pickens 05 Jun 1972 Kral, Robert
48807
BRIT
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
JSU123897 Shelby 11 Oct 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10187
JSU
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) Nesom
BRIT89909 Shelby 11 Oct 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10187
BRIT
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
JSU123896 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 Whetstone, R. David
7275
JSU
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) Nesom
UNA00044910 Marshall 10 Aug 1973 Kral, Robert
51120
UNA
Aster divaricatus (Nutt.) Torr. & Gray
TROY000029147 Sumter 26 Oct 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12788
TROY
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
UWAL0014738 Dallas 11 Oct 2012 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.
UWAL
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nutt.) Nesom
ALNHS00004744 Dallas 05 Oct 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2840
ALNHS
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nutt.) Nesom
USAM000001740 Baldwin 06 Oct 1973 LeLong, Michel G.
7337
USAM
Aster exilis  Elliot
UWAL0009444 Greene 26 Oct 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12781
UWAL
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nutt.) Nesom
BRIT74124 Blount 07 Sep 2002 Kral, Robert
93197
BRIT
Aster divaricatus Linnaeus
UNA00069026 Cherokee 22 Aug 2007 Barger, T. Wayne
359
UNA
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) Nesom
UNA00054232 Blount 15 Aug 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1496
UNA
Aster divaricatus (Nutt.) Torr. & Gray
TROY000041792 Dallas 11 Oct 2012 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.
TROY
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
BRIT89918 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 Whetstone, R. David
7309
BRIT
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
UNA00026902 Tuscaloosa 15 Oct 1943 Harper, Roland M.
3947
UNA
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) Nesom
UWAL0008512 Sumter 04 Nov 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6276
UWAL
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nutt.) Nesom
BRIT74136 Etowah 24 Jul 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
2890
BRIT
Aster divaricatus Linnaeus
UWAL0017624 Lowndes 17 Oct 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25621
UWAL
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
UWAL0047589 Dallas 05 Oct 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2840
UWAL
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nutt.) Nesom
BRIT89912 Montgomery 10 Oct 1970 Kral, Robert
41594
BRIT
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
USAM000001742 Greene 27 Oct 1978 LeLong, Michel G.
10662
USAM
Aster exilis  Elliot
TROY000045806 Wilcox 31 Oct 2014 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.
TROY
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) Nesom
BRIT89916 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.
BRIT
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
UNA00027697 Mobile 18 Oct 1891 Mohr, Charles
s.n.
UNA
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) Nesom
UWAL0009441 Dallas 09 Nov 2006 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12568
UWAL
Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michx.) Nesom var. ligulatum (Shinners) S.D. Sunberg
BRIT74137 Etowah 16 Sep 1995 Hodge-Spaulding, Lesley
4361
BRIT
Aster divaricatus Linnaeus
UWAL0030244 Macon 07 Nov 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
2660
UWAL
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G.L.Nesom
BRIT89917 Jefferson 04 Oct 1968 Kral, Robert
33641
BRIT
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
TROY000016426 Walker 02 Oct 2004 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12190
TROY
Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michaux) Nesom var. ligulatum (Shinners) S.D. Sundberg
USAM000001739 Mobile 22 Oct 1969 Kral, Robert
38283
USAM
Aster exilis  Elliot
JSU123895 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 Whetstone, R. David
7275
JSU
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) Nesom
UNA00026903 Mobile 08 Sep 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D752
UNA
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) Nesom
TROY000029145 Greene 26 Oct 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12781
TROY
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
UWAL0002323 Baldwin 28 Oct 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13077
UWAL
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nutt.) Nesom
UNA00069117 Greene 26 Oct 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12781
UNA
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) Nesom
UNA00065463 Walker 02 Oct 2004 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12190
UNA
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) Nesom
AUA000025236 Baldwin 28 Oct 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13077
AUA
Symphyotrichum Divaricatum (Nutt.) Nesom
BRIT89919 Hale 06 Oct 1972 Kral, Robert
48869
BRIT
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
AMAL00021092 Mobile 06 Oct 2012 Horne, Howard E.
1896
AMAL
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) Nesom
TROY000016288 Dallas 09 Nov 2006 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12568
TROY
Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michaux) Nesom var. ligulatum (Shinners) S.D. Sundberg
BRIT89914 Mobile 25 Oct 1999 Kral, Robert
89064
BRIT
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
BRIT89908 Shelby 12 Oct 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9344
BRIT
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
ALNHS00004383 Macon 04 Nov 2016 Taylor, Chris T.
SP#2743
ALNHS
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nutt.) Nesom
JSU123894 Baldwin 8 Oct 2000 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10866
JSU
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) Nesom
BRIT74134 DeKalb 08 Aug 1978 Dickson, C.C.
472
BRIT
Aster divaricatus Linnaeus
AUA000020049 Dallas 9 Nov 2006 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12568
AUA
Symphyotrichum Subulatum (Michx.) Nesom Var. Ligulatum (Shinners) S.D. Sundberg
BRIT89911 Montgomery 07 Oct 1974 Kral, Robert
54470
BRIT
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
AMAL00021074 Mobile 23 Apr 2013 Horne, Howard E.
2106
AMAL
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) Nesom
UNA00054223 Blount 15 Aug 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1485
UNA
Aster divaricatus (Nutt.) Torr. & Gray
BRIT89920 Clarke 31 May 1972 Kral, Robert
47018
BRIT
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
BRIT89915 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 Whetstone, R. David
7309
BRIT
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
UWAL0015495 Wilcox 31 Oct 2014 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.
UWAL
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nutt.) Nesom
SAMF0005216 Sumter 04 Nov 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6276
SAMF
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
BRIT74125 Cherokee 24 Sep 1987 Dickson, C.C.
557
BRIT
Aster divaricatus Linnaeus
UNA00056173 Barbour 03 Oct 1998 MacDonald, John R.
12146
UNA
Aster exilis Ell.
JSU123899 Mobile 22 Oct 1969 Kral, Robert
38283
JSU
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) Nesom
BRIT89921 Dallas 06 Oct 1972 Kral, Robert
48822
BRIT
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
BRIT74145 St. Clair 31 Aug 1999 Bryson, Charles T.
17668
BRIT
Aster divaricatus Linnaeus
TROY000035004 Sumter 04 Nov 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6276
TROY
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
BRIT89913 Mobile 22 Oct 1969 Kral, Robert
38290
BRIT
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
USAM000001741 Mobile 21 Nov 1968 LeLong, Michel G.
4993
USAM
Aster exilis  Elliot
UNA00027725 Mobile _ Oct 1886 Mohr, Charles
s.n.
UNA
Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nuttall) Nesom
BRIT74133 DeKalb 08 Aug 1978 Dickson, C.C.
472
BRIT
Aster divaricatus Linnaeus
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