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Symphyotrichum chapmanii

Species of plant in the aster family From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Symphyotrichum chapmanii
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Symphyotrichum chapmanii (formerly Aster chapmanii and Eurybia chapmanii) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to the Apalachicola River drainage basin of Alabama and Florida.[4] Commonly known as savanna aster, it is a perennial, herbaceous plant that may reach 30 to 80 centimeters (1 to 2+12 feet) tall. Its flowers have purple to blue-lavender ray florets and pale yellow disk florets. It is a wetland species and is of conservation concern.[5] It may be extirpated in Alabama.[1]

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Savanna aster is a perennial, herbaceous plant that grows from a cespitose root system with rhizomes. It typically reaches heights 30–80 cm (12–31 in) on one to three hairless stems. It has cylinder-bell shaped involucres with green, purple-tipped phyllaries in 4–6 rows on its involucres. It blooms September–December with flower heads that have 8–23 purple to pale bluish-purple ray florets 10–20 mm (0.4–0.8 in) long surrounding 47–57 pale yellow disk florets.[5]

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