Symphyotrichum adnatum

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Family:ASTERACEAE
Species:Symphyotrichum adnatum (Nutt.) G.L. Nesom
Common Name:Scale Leaf Aster
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:Scale Leaf Aster is a native perennial wildflower in the Sunflower family (Asteraceae). It can be found in the southern half of Alabama. Scale Leaf Aster grows in dry longleaf pine/scrub oak woods, sandhills, pine flatwoods, and sandy mesic longleaf pine/wiregrass forests. It is a perennial from a thickened woody rhizome or corm. One to five or more stems are produced from each rootstock. The stems are wiry and sprawling, and are from two to three feet in length. The leaves are small and scale-like, appressed to the stems. The flowers are produced in heads at the tips of the stems. The ray flowers are pale blue to lavender and the disc flowers are yellow. Flowering extends from October through December. Scale Leaf Aster is available from some wildflower nurseries, or it can be grown from seed. It is very drought tolerant once established, and thrives in full to partial sun. Scale Leaf Aster tends to sprawl, so allow plenty of room around it. When not in flower, its scale-like dark green leaves and wiry stems add interest to the garden.--A. Diamond
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Status:Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyASTERACEAE - Aster family
Genus Symphyotrichum
Species Symphyotrichum adnatum (Nutt.) G.L. Nesom - Scale Leaf Aster

Citation

Citation Symphyotrichum adnatum (Nuttall) G.L. Nesom, Phytologia 77(3): 275. 1994 [1995].
Basionym: Aster adnatus Nutt. 1834.
Type: FLORIDA: Without data, Nuttall s.n. (lectotype: BM; isolectotypes: GH, P). Lectotypified by A. G. Jones & L owry, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 8: 395. 1986.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Aster adnatus Aster adnatus Nuttall, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 82. 1834. TYPE: FLORIDA: Without data, Nuttall s.n. (lectotype: BM; isolectotypes: GH, P). Lectotypified by A. G. Jones & L owry, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 8: 395. 1986.
Lasallea adnata Lasallea adnata (Nuttall) Semple & Brouillet, Amer. J. Bot. 67: 1023. 1980.BASIONYM: Aster adnatus Nuttall 1834. 
Virgulus adnatus Virgulus adnatus (Nuttall) Reveal & Keener, Taxon 30: 650. 1981.BASIONYM: Aster adnatus Nuttall 1834. 

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, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, Geneva, Marengo, Mobile, Sumter, Washington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1878 - 1948

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UNA00045065 Baldwin 18 Nov 1948 Harper, Roland M.
4099		 UNA
Symphyotrichum adnatum (Nutt.) Nesom
BRIT89732 Baldwin 22 May 1975 Kral, Robert
55702		 BRIT
Aster adnatus Nuttall
BRIT89731 Baldwin 22 May 1975 Kral, Robert
55702		 BRIT
Aster adnatus Nuttall
USAM000001727 Baldwin 16 Oct 1976 LeLong, Michel G.
9619		 USAM
Aster adnatus Nuttall
TROY000002944 Baldwin 08 Nov 1980 Kral, Robert
66607		 TROY
Symphyotrichum adnatum (Nuttall) G. L. Nesom
BRIT89733 Baldwin 08 Nov 1980 Kral, Robert
66607		 BRIT
Aster adnatus Nuttall
AMAL00012436 Baldwin 08 Nov 1980 Kral, Robert
66607		 AMAL
Symphyotrichum adnatum (Nutt.) Nesom
UWAL0042875 Baldwin 18 Jun 2000 McArthur, Jill D.
637		 UWAL
Symphyotrichum adnatum (Nutt.) G. L. Nesom
AMAL00016275 Baldwin 10 Oct 2007 Barger, T. Wayne
Perd-183		 AMAL
Symphyotrichum adnatum (Nutt.) Nesom
ALNHS00001725 Baldwin 10 Oct 2007 Barger, T. Wayne
Perd-183		 ALNHS
Symphyotrichum adnatum (Nutt.) Nesom
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