Symphyotrichum retroflexum (formerly Aster retroflexus) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to the southeastern United States. Commonly known as rigid whitetop aster, it is a perennial, herbaceous plant that may reach 40 to 100 centimeters (16 to 39 inches) tall. Its flowers have blue to purple ray florets and cream to pale yellow then pinkish disk florets. It is known only from the Blue Ridge Mountains in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, where it grows in wooded areas at elevations of 400–1,500 meters (1,300–4,900 feet).[5]As of September2021[update], NatureServe classified it as Apparently Secure (G4); however, it had been reviewed last in 1994 and is marked as "needs review."[1] There is an introduced presence of S. retroflexum in southeast China.[2]
S. retroflexum herbarium specimen
Species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to the southeastern United States
As of September2021[update], NatureServe's latest global status review for this species was dated 25 November 1994 with a notation that "Global status needs review."[1]
USDA, NRCS (2014). "Symphyotrichum retroflexum". USDA PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
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