Index / Search / Symphyotrichum patens var. patens
§1 Plant
Symphyotrichum patens (Aiton) G.L. Nesom var. patens
vernacular late purple 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 450 counties across 25 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 80 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.9–6.9
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 2.5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Dark Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Purple
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 800,000
- Propagation
- seed, container, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 450 counties across 25 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Cherokee 01019
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Clay 01027
- Cleburne 01029
- Colbert 01033
- DeKalb 01049
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Etowah 01055
- Fayette 01057
- Franklin 01059
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lauderdale 01077
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Lowndes 01085
- Marion 01093
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Montgomery 01101
- Morgan 01103
- Randolph 01111
- Shelby 01117
- Sumter 01119
- Talladega 01121
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Wilcox 01131
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Clay 17025
- Crawford 17033
- Gallatin 17059
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- Lawrence 17101
- Marion 17121
- Massac 17127
- Monroe 17133
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Saline 17165
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- White 17193
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Floyd 21071
- Garrard 21079
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hickman 21105
- Lawrence 21127
- Letcher 21133
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Scott 21209
- Todd 21219
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Alcorn 28003
- Amite 28005
- Attala 28007
- Benton 28009
- Carroll 28015
- Chickasaw 28017
- Choctaw 28019
- Clarke 28023
- Clay 28025
- Copiah 28029
- Covington 28031
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Grenada 28043
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Lincoln 28085
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Monroe 28095
- Montgomery 28097
- Neshoba 28099
- Newton 28101
- Oktibbeha 28105
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tishomingo 28141
- Union 28145
- Walthall 28147
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Webster 28155
- Wilkinson 28157
- Winston 28159
- Yalobusha 28161
Missouri view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 13 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Carbon 42025
- Chester 42029
- Columbia 42037
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bedford 47003
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Campbell 47013
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Chester 47023
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Fayette 47047
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hancock 47067
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Hickman 47081
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lewis 47101
- Loudon 47105
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- McNairy 47109
- Meigs 47121
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Sequatchie 47153
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Wayne 47181
- Williamson 47187
Texas view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Bastrop 48021
- Blanco 48031
- Bowie 48037
- Brazos 48041
- Brown 48049
- Burleson 48051
- Cass 48067
- Cherokee 48073
- Collin 48085
- Colorado 48089
- Cooke 48097
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- Fannin 48147
- Fayette 48149
- Fort Bend 48157
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Gillespie 48171
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Gregg 48183
- Grimes 48185
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Harrison 48203
- Houston 48225
- Jasper 48241
- Lamar 48277
- Liberty 48291
- Madison 48313
- Milam 48331
- Morris 48343
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Newton 48351
- Parker 48367
- Polk 48373
- Refugio 48391
- Robertson 48395
- Rusk 48401
- Sabine 48403
- San Jacinto 48407
- Smith 48423
- Tarrant 48439
- Titus 48449
- Trinity 48455
- Tyler 48457
- Upshur 48459
- Van Zandt 48467
- Victoria 48469
- Walker 48471
- Waller 48473
- Washington 48477
- Wise 48497
- Wood 48499
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
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Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
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