Asteraceae
Smooth white oldfield aster
Symphyotrichum racemosum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Symphyotrichum
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Symphyotrichum racemosumAsteraceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Smooth white oldfield aster, Small white aster
Synonyms
- Aster brachypholis Small
- Aster foliolosus Aiton
- Aster fragilis Willd.
- Aster fragilis var. brachypholis A.G.Jones
- Aster fragilis var. subdumosus (Wiegand) A.G.Jones
- Aster fragilis var. subinteger DC.
- Aster racemosus Elliott
- Aster tradescantii var. fragilis (Willd.) Torr. & A.Gray
- Aster vimineus var. subdumosus Wiegand
- Symphyotrichum racemosum var. racemosum
- Symphyotrichum racemosum var. subdumosum (Wiegand) G.L.Nesom
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, 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.