Asteraceae
Aromatic aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Symphyotrichum
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Symphyotrichum oblongifoliumAsteraceae
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- الأستر العطري, الأستر ذو الأوراق المستطيلة
- bik
- Aromatic aster
- English
- Aromatic aster, Oblong-leaved aster
Synonyms
- Aster graveolens Nutt.
- Aster graveolens var. graveolens
- Aster multiceps Lindl. ex DC.
- Aster oblongifolius Nutt.
- Aster oblongifolius f. albaligulatus Magrath
- Aster oblongifolius f. oblongifolius
- Aster oblongifolius f. roseoligulatus (Benke) Shinners
- Aster oblongifolius f. roseus Shinners
- Aster oblongifolius var. angustatus Shinners
- Aster oblongifolius var. oblongifolius
- Aster oblongifolius var. orientis Shinners
- Aster oblongifolius var. rigidulus A.Gray
- Lasallea oblongifolia (Nutt.) Semple & Brouillet
- Virgulus oblongifolius (Nutt.) Reveal & Keener
- Virgulus oblongifolius var. oblongifolius
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- 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.