Symphyotrichum fontinale is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae[5] endemic to Florida and a small area of southwest Georgia. It has the common names of Florida water aster[6] and Florida water American-aster.[1] S. fontinale is a perennial, herbaceous plant that may reach 30–90 centimeters (1–3 feet) in height.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Subtribe: | Symphyotrichinae |
| Genus: | Symphyotrichum |
| Subgenus: | Symphyotrichum subg. Virgulus |
| Section: | Symphyotrichum sect. Grandiflori |
| Species: | S. fontinale
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Description
editS. fontinale is a perennial, herbaceous plant that may reach 30–90 centimeters (1–3 feet) in height. There can be up to 400 flower heads on each plant distributed in panicles that are covered with many small leaves. Each flower head has 15–30 purplish-blue to lavender ray florets and 19–25 disk florets that start out as cream to pale yellow and then turn reddish purple, sometimes brown.[6]
Distribution and habitat
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Symphyotrichum fontinale is endemic to Florida and a small area of southwest Georgia.[5] It grows at elevations up to 50 meters (160 feet) in wetlands, including marshes, sandhills, hammocks, flood plains, and rocky bluffs along streams,[6] in scattered counties of Florida and southwest Georgia.[3][4][5]
Conservation
editNatureServe lists it as Vulnerable (G3) worldwide. This status was last reviewed on 7 June 1996.[1]
Citations
edit- ^ a b c NatureServe 2024.
- ^ a b POWO 2024.
- ^ a b GBIF.org 2021.
- ^ a b SERNEC 2021.
- ^ a b c d Semple 2019.
- ^ a b c Brouillet et al. 2006.
References
edit- Brouillet, L.; Semple, J.C.; Allen, G.A.; Chambers, K.L.; Sundberg, S.D. (2006). "Symphyotrichum fontinale". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 20. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 18 October 2024 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- GBIF.org (28 August 2021). GBIF Occurrence Download [Symphyotrichum fontinale]. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility. doi:10.15468/dl.szzc9y.
- NatureServe (4 October 2024). "Symphyotrichum fontinale". NatureServe Explorer (explorer.natureserve.org). Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- POWO (2024). "Symphyotrichum fontinale (Alexander) G.L.Nesom". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- Semple, J.C. (16 October 2019). "Symphyotrichum fontinale Florida Water Aster". www.uwaterloo.ca. Ontario. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- SERNEC (28 August 2021). "Data portal search for Symphyotrichum fontinale". SouthEast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections (www.sernecportal.org). Retrieved 28 August 2021.