Synonyms: Aster crenifolius var. arcuans Fernald Aster foliaceus var. arcuans Griscom & R. J. Eaton Aster foliaceus var. sublinearis (Fernald) A. G. Jones Aster johannensis Lamarck Aster longifolius Linnaeus Aster novi-belgii subsp. johannensis (Fernald) A. G. Jones Aster novi-belgii var. johannensis J. Rousseau Aster novi-belgii var. rosaceus Aster rolandii Aster vaurealis
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 529. Mentioned on page 503, 509, 521, 528, 530.

Plants usually slender, sometimes robust, but then not very compact. Stems glabrous or hirsute in lines. Leaf-blades ovatelanceolate or lanceolate to oblanceolate, 7–9 times as long as wide, bases ± clasping. 2n = 48.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Sep.
Habitat: Sand dunes, sandy or stony upper seashores, saltmarshes, sandy, gravelly or rocky stream shores, edges of moist thickets, edges of sea cliffs, ultramafic barrens, seaside meadows, open seaside mountain heath and meadows
Elevation: 0–800 m

Distribution

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St. Pierre and Miquelon, N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.S., P.E.I., Que., Conn., Maine, Mass., N.H., N.Y., Pa., R.I., Vt., W.Va., in Mexico, Europe, Australia

Discussion

Several cultivars of var. novi-belgii are sold in the horticultural trade. The following forms are not recognized here, as they represent mere color variants: forma novi-belgii, forma albiflorus (Victorin) J. Rousseau, and forma roseus E. L. Rand & Redfield.

Symphyotrichum ×subgeminatum (Fernald) G. L. Nesom (as species) (syn.: Aster subgeminatus Fernald) is the hybrid of var. novi-belgii with S. ciliolatum; it has been observed in western Newfoundland and the Gaspé (Quebec). Variety novi-belgii also hybridizes with S. anticostense (L. Brouillet and J. Labrecque 1987).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"thick" is not a number.

not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
17mm;60mm +
spreading +  and more or less squarrose +
mucronulate;usually acute;obtuse or more or less long-acuminate +
subequal +
scarious +
6mm +  and 11mm +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Luc Brouillet +, John C. Semple +, Geraldine A. Allen +, Kenton L. Chambers +  and Scott D. Sundberg† +
(Linnaeus) G. L. Nesom +
spatulate;oblanceolate elliptic or ovate +
winged-petiolate +, sessile +  and petiolate +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
auriculate +, rounded +, cuneate +, obovate +  and elliptic +
indurate +
4mm;40mm +
Aster novi-belgii +
winged-petiolate +, sessile +  and petiolate +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (6.2 cm62 mm <br />0.062 m <br />) +
lanceovate;linear-lanceolate +
reduced +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
subtending +
ovate +  and linear-oblanceolate +
reduced +  and small +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
sessile +  and petiolate +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
yellow becoming reddish-brown +, white +, pink +, purple +  and blue-violet +
at maturity , more or less ampliate , tubes usually shorter +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
tan +  and brown +
strigillose +  and glabrous +
compressed +  and obovoid +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
St. Pierre and Miquelon +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Conn. +, Maine +, Mass. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Vt. +, W.Va. +, in Mexico +, Europe +  and Australia +
0–800 m +
sparsely strigose +  and glabrate +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Sand dunes, sandy or stony upper seashores, saltmarshes, sandy, gravelly or rocky stream shores, edges of moist thickets, edges of sea cliffs, ultramafic barrens, seaside meadows, open seaside mountain heath and meadows +
disciform +  and radiate +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
campanulate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
10mm;19mm +
2 (?) +  and 5 (?) +
0.9mm;2.1mm +
lanceolate;oblanceolate +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
fleshy +  and firm +
decurrent +
reflexed;spreading;erect +
lanceolate +
entire +  and serrulate +
coarsely serrate +  and crenate or entire +
2-carpellate +
sordid +  and yellowish +
persistent +
25 +  and 40 +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
pilose +  and glabrous +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (4.1 cm41 mm <br />0.041 m <br />) +
Flowering Aug–Sep. +
spatulate or oblong-lanceolate +  and linear-lanceolate or linear +
less unequal +  and subequal +
styliferous +, neuter +  and pistillate +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;slightly convex +
exalbuminous +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.1mm;0.2mm +
branched +  and simple +
hirsute +  and glabrous +
1 +  and 5 +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Aster crenifolius var. arcuans +, Aster foliaceus var. arcuans +, Aster foliaceus var. sublinearis +, Aster johannensis +, Aster longifolius +, Aster novi-belgii subsp. johannensis +, Aster novi-belgii var. johannensis +, Aster novi-belgii var. rosaceus +, Aster rolandii +  and Aster vaurealis +
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii var. novibelgii +
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii +
variety +
funnelform-campanulate +
ampliate +
100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br /> (140 cm1,400 mm <br />1.4 m <br />) +
cespitose +  and colonial +
17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
lanceolate +