Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
Common names
sea aster
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites
Simplified description
Glabrose or rarely with a few scattered hairs on upper stem.
Flower colours
White
Similar taxa
Distinguished from Aster novi-belgii and its hybrids by the narrower leaves with cuneeate bases, and the smaller capitula with usually white, narrow (usually < 1mm) ligules.
Distribution
Widespread naturalised species recorded from all the main islands of the New Zealand archipelago and also the Kermadec Islands.
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Asteraceae
Synonyms
Aster lanceolatus Willd.
Ecology
Year naturalised
1896
Origin
N. and possibly C. and S. America
Other information
NVS code
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