Index / Search / Symphyotrichum sericeum
§1 Plant
Symphyotrichum sericeum (Vent.) G.L. Nesom
vernacular western silver aster — species · 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
· 321 counties across 12 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 321 counties across 12 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Boone 17007
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Lake 17097
- Lee 17103
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Randolph 17157
- Rock Island 17161
- St. Clair 17163
- Warren 17187
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Adams 19003
- Allamakee 19005
- Appanoose 19007
- Audubon 19009
- Black Hawk 19013
- Bremer 19017
- Buena Vista 19021
- Carroll 19027
- Cerro Gordo 19033
- Cherokee 19035
- Chickasaw 19037
- Clay 19041
- Clayton 19043
- Clinton 19045
- Crawford 19047
- Decatur 19053
- Delaware 19055
- Dickinson 19059
- Dubuque 19061
- Emmet 19063
- Fayette 19065
- Fremont 19071
- Guthrie 19077
- Hamilton 19079
- Hancock 19081
- Hardin 19083
- Harrison 19085
- Howard 19089
- Humboldt 19091
- Ida 19093
- Jackson 19097
- Jasper 19099
- Johnson 19103
- Jones 19105
- Kossuth 19109
- Lee 19111
- Louisa 19115
- Lucas 19117
- Lyon 19119
- Madison 19121
- Mills 19129
- Monona 19133
- Muscatine 19139
- O'Brien 19141
- Osceola 19143
- Plymouth 19149
- Polk 19153
- Pottawattamie 19155
- Poweshiek 19157
- Sac 19161
- Scott 19163
- Shelby 19165
- Sioux 19167
- Story 19169
- Union 19175
- Webster 19187
- Winnebago 19189
- Winneshiek 19191
- Woodbury 19193
- Wright 19197
Kansas view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Ellsworth 20053
- Geary 20061
- Greenwood 20073
- Jackson 20085
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Morris 20127
- Osage 20139
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Saline 20169
- Shawnee 20177
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
Michigan view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Cottonwood 27033
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Fillmore 27045
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Grant 27051
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Jackson 27063
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- McLeod 27085
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Rice 27131
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- Sibley 27143
- Stearns 27145
- Swift 27151
- Todd 27153
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Atchison 29005
- Barry 29009
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Camden 29029
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Hickory 29085
- Holt 29087
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Monroe 29137
- Morgan 29141
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Phelps 29161
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Washington 29221
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 16 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- La Crosse 55063
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SYSE2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3151742 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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