Index / Search / Symphyotrichum foliaceum
§1 Plant
Symphyotrichum foliaceum (Lindl. ex DC.) G.L. Nesom
vernacular alpine leafybract aster — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Symphyotrichum
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 79 counties across 5 states/territories§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 79 counties across 5 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Archuleta 08007
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Clear Creek 08019
- Conejos 08021
- Delta 08029
- Eagle 08037
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Jackson 08057
- La Plata 08067
- Lake 08065
- Larimer 08069
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Moffat 08081
- Park 08093
- Pitkin 08097
- Routt 08107
- San Juan 08111
- Summit 08117
Idaho view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Adams 16003
- Bannock 16005
- Bingham 16011
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonner 16017
- Bonneville 16019
- Camas 16025
- Caribou 16029
- Cassia 16031
- Clark 16033
- Clearwater 16035
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Idaho 16049
- Latah 16057
- Lemhi 16059
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Owyhee 16073
- Power 16077
- Shoshone 16079
- Teton 16081
- Valley 16085
Montana view state ↗ 19 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SYFO2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3151614 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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