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Asteraceae
Symphyotrichum

not marked as a favorite taxon Symphyotrichum lowrieanum (Porter) Nesom. Common name: Smooth Heart-leaved Aster. Phenology: Sep-Oct. Habitat: Mesic to dry-mesic forests. Distribution: Massachusetts, New York, and Ontario, south to w. Virginia, w. North Carolina, ne. Georgia, e. Tennessee, and c. Tennessee.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Perhaps originating from hybridization of S. cordifolium and S. laeve.

Synonymy ⓘ: = K1, K4, NE, NY, Pa, Va, Nesom (1994a); = Aster cordifolius L. ssp. laevigatus T.C. Porter; = Aster lowrieanus T.C. Porter — SE1, W; < Aster cordifolius L. — RAB; ~ Aster cordifolius L. var. laevigatus (Porter) A.G.Jones; < Aster lowrieanus T.C. Porter — C, G, Oh3; > Aster lowrieanus T.C. Porter — S; > Aster lowrieanus T.C. Porter var. lanceolatus T.C. Porter — F, WV; > Aster lowrieanus T.C. Porter var. lowrieanus — WV; >< Aster lowrieanus T.C. Porter var. lowrieanus — F; > Aster plumarius E.S.Burgess — S; < Symphyotrichum cordifolium (L.) G.L.Nesom — FNA20, NS, POWO. Basionym: Aster lowrieanus T.C. Porter 1894

Links to other floras: < Symphyotrichum cordifolium - FNA20

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