Symphyotrichum glabrifolium

Symphyotrichum glabrifolium (formerly Aster glabrifolius and Erigeron glabrifolius) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to Argentina and Chile where it inhabits wet meadows and stream edges. It is a perennial, herbaceous plant that grows 5 to 25 centimeters (2 to 10 inches) tall. Its flowers have white or lilac ray florets and yellow disk florets.

Symphyotrichum glabrifolium
Malargüe, Mendoza, Argentina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Astereae
Subtribe:	Symphyotrichinae
Genus:	Symphyotrichum
Subgenus:	Symphyotrichum subg. Astropolium
Species:	S. glabrifolium
Binomial name
Symphyotrichum glabrifolium (DC.) G.L.Nesom
Native distribution
Synonyms
Basionym Erigeron glabrifolius DC. Alphabetical list Aster glabrifolius (DC.) Reiche Aster scorzonerifolius (J.Rémy) Speg. Aster vahlii var. australis (Phil.) Reiche Erigeron australis Phil. Erigeron scorzonerifolius J.Rémy Erigeron scorzonerifolius var. pumilus Albov Erigeron semiamplexicaulis var. scorzonerifolius (J.Rémy) Macloskie

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  Full plant
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  Leaves
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  Bracts, involucres, and phyllaries

Aster glabrifolius herbarium specimen 01704961 stored at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution; collected 25 December 1928 at Nahuel Huapi Lake, Río Negro Province, Argentina, Cerro Vicente Lopez, 1,300 meters (4,300 feet)

References

• POWO (2019). "Symphyotrichum glabrifolium (DC.) G.L.Nesom". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
• Sancho, G.; Ariza Espinar, L. (2003). "Asteraceae part 16. Tribu: Astereae, parte B. Subtribus: Bellidinae–Asterinae (excepto Grindelia y Haplopappus)" (PDF). In Hunziker, A.T. (ed.). Flora Fanerogámica Argentina (in Spanish). Vol. 81. pp. 1–102. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
• SIB (n.d.). "Symphyotrichum glabrifolium". Sistema de Información de Biodiversidad [Biodiversity Information System] (sib.gob.ar) (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Administración de Parques Nacionales [National Parks Administration]. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.