Asteraceae
Panicled aster
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Symphyotrichum
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Common names
By language (8)
- Czech
- Astřička kopinatá
- Dutch
- Lancetbladige aster
- English
- Panicled aster, White panicle aster, Eastern line aster, Lance-leaf aster, Narrow-leaf Michaelmas daisy, Tall white aster, White-panicle aster
- Finnish
- Säiläasteri
- German
- Lanzettblättrige Aster, Lanzett-Herbstaster
- Slovak
- Astra kopijovitá, Astra kopijolistá, Astra kopijovitolistá
- Slovenian
- Suličastolistna nebina
- Welsh
- Blodyn-Mihangel culddail
Synonyms
- Aster abbreviatus Nees
- Aster angustus Nees
- Aster bellidiflorus var. angustus (Nees) DC.
- Aster bellidiflorus var. rigidulus (Nees) DC.
- Aster bellidiflorus var. rubricaulis DC.
- Aster carneus Baker
- Aster coerulescens var. laetevirens (Greene) Cronquist
- Aster cornuti Wendl. ex Nees
- Aster dracunculoides Willd.
- Aster durus Lunell
- Aster fluvialis Osterh.
- Aster foliaceus var. hesperius (A.Gray) Jeps.
- Aster hesperius A.Gray
- Aster hesperius f. hesperius
- Aster hesperius var. hesperius
- Aster hesperius var. laetevirens (Greene) Cronquist
- Aster hesperius var. wootonii Greene
- Aster interior Wiegand
- Aster laetevirens Greene
- Aster lanceolatus Willd.
- Aster lanceolatus subsp. hesperius (A.Gray) Semple & Chmiel.
- Aster lanceolatus subsp. lanceolatus
- Aster lanceolatus subsp. simplex (Willd.) A.G.Jones
- Aster lanceolatus var. monocephalus Kuntze
- Aster lanceolatus var. simplex (Willd.) A.G.Jones
- Aster lautus Lunell
- Aster lautus var. lautus
- Aster lautus var. prionoides Lunell
- Aster osterhoutii Rydb.
- Aster pallens Willd.
- Aster paniculatus var. acutidens E.S.Burgess
- Aster paniculatus var. cinerascens Fernald
- Aster paniculatus var. lanatus Fernald
- Aster praecox Willd.
- Aster rigidulus Nees
- Aster simplex Willd.
- Aster strictus Poir.
- Aster strictus var. strictus
- Symphyotrichum hesperium (A.Gray) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.