| Accepted name: |
Symphyotrichum cordifolium (L.) Nesom |
| Synonym(s): |
-Aster finkii var. moratus Shinners
-Aster choralis Steele
-Aster cordifolius L.
-Aster cordifolius var. furbishiae Fern.
-Aster cordifolius var. incisus Britt.
-Aster cordifolius var. lanceolatus Porter
-Aster cordifolius morantus
-Aster cordifolius var. moratus (Shinners) Shinners
-Aster cordifolius var. polycephalus Porter
-Aster cordifolius var. racemiflorus Fern.
-Aster lowrieanus Porter
-Aster cordifolius ssp. sagittifolius (Wedemeyer ex Willd.) A.G. Jones
-Aster lowrieanus var. incisus (Britt.) Porter
-Aster lowrieanus var. lanceolatus Porter
-Aster plumarius Burgess
-Aster sagittifolius Wedemeyer ex Willd.
-Aster cordifolius var. sagittifolius (Wedemeyer ex Willd.) A.G. Jones
-Symphyotrichum sagittifolium (Wedemeyer ex Willd.) Nesom
-Symphyotrichum cordifolium var. furbishiae (Fern.) Nesom
-Symphyotrichum cordifolium var. lanceolatum (Porter) Nesom
-Symphyotrichum cordifolium var. moratum (Shinners) Nesom
-Symphyotrichum cordifolium var. polycephalum (Porter) Nesom
-Symphyotrichum cordifolium var. racemiflorum (Fern.) Nesom
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| English names: |
Common Blue Wood Aster
Heart-leaved Aster
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
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| OPL Code: |
HSYMCO
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Root used to make a smoke or incense to attract deer near enough to shoot it with a bow and arrow (3). |
| Key Characters: |
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