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Symphyotrichum jessicae

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Species of flowering plant in family Asteraceae

Symphyotrichum jessicae
Conservation status

Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Symphyotrichinae
Genus: Symphyotrichum
Subgenus: Symphyotrichum subg. Symphyotrichum
Section: Symphyotrichum sect. Occidentales
Species: S. jessicae
Binomial name
Symphyotrichum jessicae
(Piper) G.L.Nesom
Symphyotrichum jessicae native distribution: US – Idaho and Washington in the Palouse River and Clearwater River (Idaho) drainages.
Native distribution
Synonyms
  • Aster jessicae Piper

Symphyotrichum jessicae (formerly Aster jessicae) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae endemic to Idaho and Washington states in the United States. Commonly known as Jessica's aster, it is a perennial, herbaceous plant that may reach 40 to 150 centimeters (1+1⁄4 to 5 feet) tall. Its flowers have violet ray florets and yellow disk florets. It is of conservation concern and known only from the Palouse River and Clearwater River drainages of eastern Washington and northwestern Idaho.

S. jessicae specimen collected at Nez Perce County, Idaho, 2 September 2004 by Karen L. Gray. Stored at the New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium.

Notes

  1. Idaho counties – Clearwater, Idaho, Latah, Lewis, and Nez Perce; Washington counties – Columbia, Walla Walla, and Whitman.

Citations

  1. NatureServe 2021.
  2. ^ POWO 2019.
  3. ^ USDA 2014.
  4. Brouillet et al. 2006.

References

Taxon identifiers
Symphyotrichum jessicae
Aster jessicae


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