Symphyotrichum parviceps

Symphyotrichum parviceps (formerly Aster ericoides var. parviceps) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to the central United States. Commonly known as smallhead aster or small white aster, it is a usually short-lived herbaceous, perennial plant that may reach 30 to 100 centimeters (1 to 3+1⁄4 feet) in height. Its flowers have white ray florets and pale yellow then purplish disk florets.[3]

Botanical illustration of Aster parviceps from Britton and Brown, 1913
S. parviceps herbarium specimen

Symphyotrichum parviceps

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Symphyotrichinae
Genus: Symphyotrichum
Subgenus: Symphyotrichum subg. Symphyotrichum
Section: Symphyotrichum sect. Symphyotrichum
Species:
S. parviceps
Binomial name
Symphyotrichum parviceps
Native distribution[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Aster depauperatus var. parviceps Fernald
  • Aster ericoides var. parviceps E.S.Burgess
  • Aster parviceps Mack. & Bush
  • Aster pilosus subsp. parviceps (E.S.Burgess) A.G.Jones

Citations
  1. NatureServe 2021.
  2. POWO 2019.
  3. Brouillet et al. 2006.

References
  • Brouillet, L.; Semple, J.C.; Allen, G.A.; Chambers, K.L.; Sundberg, S.D. (2006). "Symphyotrichum parviceps". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 20. New York and Oxford. Retrieved 12 July 2021 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  • NatureServe (2 July 2021). "Symphyotrichum parviceps Small-head aster". NatureServe Explorer (explorer.natureserve.org). Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  • POWO (2019). "Symphyotrichum parviceps (E.S.Burgess) G.L.Nesom". Plants of the World Online (www.plantsoftheworldonline.org). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 July 2021.


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