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Asteraceae

Panicled aster

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (Willd.) G.L.Nesom

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Symphyotrichum

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Panicled aster: panicled aster
Photo: Elizabeth Ballard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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

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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.