Symphyotrichum lowrieanum (Porter) Nesom. Common name: Smooth Heart-leaved Aster. Phenology: Sep-Oct. Habitat: Mesic to dry-mesic forests. Distribution: MA, NY, and ON, south to w. VA, w. NC, ne. GA, e. TN, and c. TN.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Perhaps originating from hybridization of S. cordifolium and S. laeve.
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, NE, NY, Pa, Va, Nesom (1994a); = Aster cordifolius L. ssp. laevigatus Porter; = Aster lowrieanus Porter — SE1, W; < Aster cordifolius L. — RAB; ~ Aster cordifolius L. var. laevigatus (Porter) A.G.Jones; < Aster lowrieanus Porter — C, G, Oh3; > Aster lowrieanus Porter — S; > Aster lowrieanus Porter var. lanceolatus Porter — F, WV; > Aster lowrieanus Porter var. lowrieanus — WV; >< Aster lowrieanus Porter var. lowrieanus — F; > Aster plumarius E.S.Burgess — S; < Symphyotrichum cordifolium (L.) G.L.Nesom — FNA20. Basionym: Aster lowrieanus Porter 1894
Links to other floras: < Symphyotrichum cordifolium - FNA20
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Heliophily ⓘ: 4
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