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Symphyotrichum cordifolium (L.) G.L.Nesom

Common blue wood aster (en), Hétéraster (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Symphyotrichum

Characteristics

A small plant that forms clumps. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 0.6-1.5 m high and spreads 45 cm wide. The leaves are heart shaped or round and have long stalks. The leaves are 12 cm long. The flower-heads are 2 cm across and blue in loose panicles 25 cm across. There are yellow disk florets.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.73
Mature height (meter) 1.25 - 1.5
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) 0.3
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Rich, mostly mesic, rocky to loamy soils, open wooded slopes and bluffs, stream banks, moist ledges, swampy woods, border of beech-maple or oak-hickory forets, clearings, thickets, roadsides.
More
It is a temperate plant. It suits moist, moderately fertile soil and in part shade. It grows up to 1,200 m above sea level.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 2-5
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-7

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Hunting Medicine (root), Hunting Medicine (shoot)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds or cuttings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 20
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Symphyotrichum cordifolium habit picture by Misty Thompson (cc-by-sa)
Symphyotrichum cordifolium habit picture by theo van vugt (cc-by-sa)
Symphyotrichum cordifolium habit picture by Matthias Foellmer (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Symphyotrichum cordifolium leaf picture by Chedy Edith (cc-by-sa)
Symphyotrichum cordifolium leaf picture by roro momo (cc-by-sa)
Symphyotrichum cordifolium leaf picture by Renée-Louise Lamontagne (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Symphyotrichum cordifolium flower picture by Johnny Casasnovas (cc-by-sa)
Symphyotrichum cordifolium flower picture by Richard Wideman (cc-by-sa)
Symphyotrichum cordifolium flower picture by Kira Lee (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Symphyotrichum cordifolium world distribution map, present in Canada, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Norway, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:981790-1
WFO ID wfo-0000129024
COL ID 53Q78
BDTFX ID 103658
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Solidago cordifolia Symphyotrichum sagittifolium Aster plumarius Symphyotrichum lowrieanum Leiachenis cordifolia Aster sagittifolius f. sagittifolius Aster pubescens Aster pubescens Aster lecophyllus Aster heterophyllus Aster cordifolius Aster lowrieanus Aster sagittifolius Aster cordifolius subsp. sagittifolius Aster lecophyllus var. lecophyllus Aster cordifolius var. alvearius Aster finkii var. moratus Aster cordifolius var. lanceolatus Symphyotrichum cordifolium var. racemiflorum Symphyotrichum cordifolium var. polycephalum Aster lowrieanus var. lanceolatus Aster cordifolius var. incisus Aster cordifolius var. cordifolius Symphyotrichum cordifolium var. cordifolium Aster lowrieanus var. incisus Aster cordifolius var. moratus Aster cordifolius var. racemiflorus Symphyotrichum cordifolium var. furbishiae Aster lowrieanus var. lowrieanus Aster cordifolius var. furbishiae Aster cordifolius subsp. cordifolius Aster cordifolius subsp. laevigatus Symphyotrichum cordifolium var. lanceolatum Symphyotrichum cordifolium var. moratum Aster cordifolius var. polycephalus Aster cordifolius var. sagittifolius Aster sagittifolius var. sagittifolius Aster cordifolius var. laevigatus Symphyotrichum cordifolium
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