Symphyotrichum pratense (Rafinesque) Nesom. Common name: Barrens Silky Aster. Phenology: Sep-Nov (-Jan). Habitat: Calcareous glades and barrens, prairies. Distribution: S. AR west to ne. TX and se. OK, south to sc. LA and e. TX; disjunct at scattered localities east of the Mississippi River, as in sw. VA (Ludwig 1999), sw. NC (Kelly & Knapp 2019), c. KY, TN (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997), nw. GA, sw. GA, Panhandle FL (Gadsden County), n. and c. AL, and wc. MS.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: See Jones, Witsell, & Nesom (2008) for extensive discussion.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, FNA20, K4, Tn, Va, Jones, Witsell, & Nesom (2008), Nesom (1994a); = Aster phyllolepis Torr. & A.Gray — SE1; = Aster pratensis Raf. — NcTx, Tx; = Aster sericeus Vent. var. microphyllus DC.; = Lasallea sericea (Vent.) Greene ssp. pratensis (Raf.) Semple & Brouillet — Semple & Brouillet (1980a); = n/a — C, RAB; = Symphyotrichum sericeum (Vent.) G.L.Nesom var. microphyllum (DC.) Wunderlin & B.F.Hansen — Fl7, WH3; < Aster sericeus Vent. — F, G. Basionym: Aster pratensis Raf. 1817
Links to other floras: = Symphyotrichum pratense - FNA20
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