Symphyotrichum falcatum (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom
White Prairie Aster (Lindley's Aster; little grey aster)
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
White Prairie Aster (Lindley's Aster; little grey aster)
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a fibrous-rooted, creeping rhizome; stems erect to ascending, branched and short-hairy above, 30-60 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves usually deciduous; stem leaves linear, unstalked, entire, usually stiff-hairy.
Flowers:
Heads with ray and disk flowers, several to many, solitary at the end of the branchlets, in racemes on the stem or branches; involucres 5-8 mm tall; involucral bracts graduated, linear-oblong to linear or the outer spoon-shaped with a whitish base, obtuse to abruptly sharp-pointed, the tips often loose, stiff-hairy and usually hairy on the backs; ray flowers 20-35, white, rarely pale pinkish or purplish-tinged, 5-10 mm long; disk flowers yellow.
Fruits:
Achenes several-nerved, hairy; pappus white.
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Symphyotrichum falcatum
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1084 | 516 | 1765 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
4 | 0 | 18 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
312 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 2 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
E | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
12 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
SBPS | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
IDF(5), SBPS(5) | ||
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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