Asteraceae
Barrens silky aster
Symphyotrichum pratense
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Symphyotrichum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Barrens silky aster
Synonyms
- Aster ciliatus Nutt.
- Aster phyllolepis Torr. & A.Gray
- Aster pratensis Raf.
- Aster sericeus var. microphyllus DC.
- Lasallea phyllolepis Greene
- Lasallea sericea subsp. pratensis (Raf.) Semple & Brouillet
- Symphyotrichum sericeum var. microphyllum (DC.) Wunderlin & B.F.Hansen
- Virgulus pratensis (Raf.) Reveal & Keener
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Laura Clark, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Doug Goldman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Doug Goldman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Doug Goldman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Doug Goldman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Doug Goldman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Doug Goldman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Laura Clark, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.