Asteraceae
Symphyotrichum

Symphyotrichum laeve (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve

First published in Taxon 31: 359 (1982)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & E. Canada N. Central & E. U.S.A. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used as a medicine and has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Alberta, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon

Introduced into:

Austria, Belgium, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, French Guiana, Germany, Gilbert Is., Great Britain, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands, Niue, Norway, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Réunion, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Meyers, S.C. & al. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Oregon 2: 1-861. Botanical research institute of Texas Press.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Meyers, S.C. & al. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Oregon 2: 1-861. Botanical research institute of Texas Press.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2022 Hoehne, W. [s.n.] Brazil K000217695 No
Nov 1, 2022 Accorsi, W.R. [s.n.] Brazil K000217696 No
Jan 1, 1970 Geyer, C.A. [638] United States Aster laevis K000890560 Unknown Type Material Yes
{Spalding} [s.n.] United States Aster laevis K002653552 No
Drummond, T. [589] Aster laevis K000890563 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gray; Torr [23] Aster laevis K002653557 No
[Dr. Torry] [s.n.] United States Aster laevis K002653541 No
{Sartwell} [s.n.] United States Aster laevis K002653544 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Aster laevis K000890562 Unknown Type Material Yes
{Sartwell} [s.n.] United States Aster laevis K002653545 No
Valeur, E.J. [664] Dominican Republic Aster laevis K002335097 Yes
Moser [s.n.] United States Aster laevis K002653556 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Aster laevis K002653555 No
Curtis, M.A. [s.n.] United States Aster laevis K002653550 No
[Torrey] [s.n.] United States Aster laevis K002653538 No
Hodgdon, A.R.; Smith, L.B.; Smith, D.L. [s.n.] United States Aster laevis K002653535 No
Valeur, E.J. [664] Dominican Republic Aster laevis K002335096 Yes
Townsend [s.n.] United States Aster laevis K002653554 No
Clausen, R.T. [5426] United States Aster laevis K002653549 No
[Bdgrenea] [s.n.] United States Aster laevis K002653537 No
{Dr. Torry} [s.n.] United States Aster laevis K002653539 No
Schuette, J.H. [s.n.] United States Aster laevis K002653559 No
[Dr. Torry] [s.n.] United States Aster laevis K002653540 No
Moldenke, H. [1395] United States Aster laevis K002653536 No
Gray; Torr [23] United States Aster laevis K002653547 No
Drummond, T. [s.n.] Aster laevis K000890561 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Aster laevis K002653542 No
Olney, S.T. [s.n.] United States Aster laevis K002653558 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0