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Symphyotrichum lowrieanum - (image 1 of 4)

Taxonomy

Family: Asteraceae

Habitat

Woods.

Associates

Distribution

Southern Ontario and southern Quebec, south through NY, NJ, PA, and in mountains to MD, WV, VA, NC, TN, and GA.

Morphology

Herbaceous perennial; stems 20-120 cm, glabrous; lowest leaves cordate; middle and upper leaves relatively narrow, elongate, only shallowly cordate to subcordate or abruptly narrowed to to a conspicuously winged petiole, the upper sometimes sessile and lanceolate; involucral bracts obtuse to acute, the tip short and broad, the green tip short and broad, often lacking anthocyanin; rays 8-20, blue or purple to sometimes white, 5-10 mm.

Notes

Flowers  August to October

Wetland Indicator: NA

It is thought that this species may have originated by hybridization of S. cordifolium and S. laeve. The first two photos were taken in a rush and were only later identified to be of S. lowrieanum. The last two pictures were taken many years ago and may be of S. urophyllum.

References

Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.

The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY

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