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Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michx.) G.L.Nesom

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Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michx.) G.L.Nesom, Phytologia 77 (1994)
Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michx.) G.L.Nesom

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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G.L.Nesom
Michx.
(Michx.) G.L.Nesom
1994
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Symphyotrichum subulatum

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subulatum

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Tap-rooted annual or short-lived perennial herb, glabrous or rarely with a few hairs on upper stem; stems erect, terete, sparingly branched below, 20-200 -(300) cm tall, rarely stems resprouting and somewhat woody after flowering. Mid cauline lvs lanceolate to linear, apetiolate and cuneate, acute, crenulate or remotely serrulate, 35-150 × 3-10-(20) mm; lowermost lvs mostly petiolate, elliptic, cuneate, obtuse; uppermost lvs linear. Infl. a many-headed diffuse panicle. Capitula 2-5 mm diam. Involucral bracts very unequal; inner bracts narrow-oblong to subulate, acute to slightly acuminate, green toward apex and along midrib, purplish at apex and margins, 5-8 mm long; outer bracts not wholly herbaceous, c. 2 mm long. Ray florets numerous; ligules white to pale purple, c. 1-2 mm long. Achenes subcylindric to ellipsoid, compressed, 4-5-ribbed, 1.5-2.2 mm long, with sparse antrorse hairs.

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Aster subulatus Michx.
Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michx.) G.L.Nesom
Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michx.) G.L.Nesom
Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michx.) G.L.Nesom

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New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michx.) G.L.Nesom
Australia
Victoria
Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michx.) G.L.Nesom
China
Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michx.) G.L.Nesom
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michx.) G.L.Nesom
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michx.) G.L.Nesom
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michx.) G.L.Nesom
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michx.) G.L.Nesom
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michx.) G.L.Nesom
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Symphyotrichum subulatum (Michx.) G.L.Nesom
Tonga

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11 June 2012
11 June 2012
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