Index / Search / Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve
§1 Plant
Symphyotrichum laeve (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve var. laeve
vernacular smooth blue aster — variety · Asteraceae
§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
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 626 counties across 28 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -43 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 100 min.
- Precipitation
- 20–35 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.8–7.8
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 4 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Purple
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 1,014,000
- Propagation
- seed, bare root
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Contracting Only
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 626 counties across 28 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Bureau 17011
- Carroll 17015
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Fayette 17051
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Sangamon 17167
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Benton 18007
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Elkhart 18039
- Franklin 18047
- Fulton 18049
- Harrison 18061
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Perry 18123
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Tipton 18159
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Wells 18179
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Adair 19001
- Adams 19003
- Audubon 19009
- Carroll 19027
- Cass 19029
- Cherokee 19035
- Crawford 19047
- Fremont 19071
- Greene 19073
- Guthrie 19077
- Hancock 19081
- Harrison 19085
- Ida 19093
- Jackson 19097
- Lyon 19119
- Madison 19121
- Mahaska 19123
- Mills 19129
- Monona 19133
- Montgomery 19137
- O'Brien 19141
- Osceola 19143
- Page 19145
- Plymouth 19149
- Pottawattamie 19155
- Poweshiek 19157
- Ringgold 19159
- Shelby 19165
- Sioux 19167
- Taylor 19173
- Union 19175
- Woodbury 19193
Kansas view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Coffey 20031
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Geary 20061
- Greenwood 20073
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lyon 20111
- Nemaha 20131
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Riley 20161
- Shawnee 20177
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 64 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Allegan 26005
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Clinton 26037
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Iosco 26069
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Lake 26085
- Lapeer 26087
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Mecosta 26107
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Missaukee 26113
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Ogemaw 26129
- Osceola 26133
- Oscoda 26135
- Otsego 26137
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cottonwood 27033
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Grant 27051
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Martin 27091
- McLeod 27085
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Rock 27133
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Stevens 27149
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Wadena 27159
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Mississippi view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 77 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Atchison 29005
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clinton 29049
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- Daviess 29061
- DeKalb 29063
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Gentry 29075
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Holt 29087
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Maries 29125
- Mercer 29129
- Miller 29131
- Monroe 29137
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scotland 29199
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Herkimer 36043
- Kings 36047
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Niagara 36063
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- Suffolk 36103
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clermont 39025
- Columbiana 39029
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Defiance 39039
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Hamilton 39061
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Mahoning 39099
- Meigs 39105
- Muskingum 39119
- Noble 39121
- Perry 39127
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Summit 39153
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Vinton 39163
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Susquehanna 42115
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 7 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Burnett 55013
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Eau Claire 55035
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Waukesha 55133
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SYLAL3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7223378 ↗Record version
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