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§1 Plant

Symphyotrichum falcatum (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom var. falcatum

vernacular white prairie aster — variety · Asteraceae


USDA
SYFAF
GBIF
7223375
Rank
variety
white prairie aster (Symphyotrichum falcatum var. falcatum)
Platephotograph · Dan ModdermanCC BY-NC-ND source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Symphyotrichum
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 108 counties across 8 states/territories
Legend Native · 108 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 108 counties across 8 states/territories.

Alaska view state ↗ 2 N
Arizona view state ↗ 2 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 9 N
Montana view state ↗ 40 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 6 N
North Dakota view state ↗ 24 N
South Dakota view state ↗ 24 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/SYFAF ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/7223375 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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