Symphyotrichum ericoides

Symphyotrichum ericoides
S. ericoides in Green Lake County, Wisconsin
Conservation status
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. Virgulus
Species:	S. ericoides
Binomial name
Symphyotrichum ericoides (L.) G.L.Nesom[2]
Varieties[2]
S. ericoides var. ericoides S. ericoides var. pansum (S.F.Blake) G.L.Nesom
Native distribution[2][3]
Synonyms[2]
Basionym Aster ericoides L. Species Aglotoma multiflora Raf. Aster ciliatus Willd. Aster commutatus var. polycephalus (Rydb.) S.F.Blake Aster ericoides f. caeruleus S.F.Blake Aster ericoides f. exiguus Fernald Aster ericoides f. gramsii Benke Aster ericoides f. polycephalus (Rydb.) F.C.Gates Aster ericoides f. prostratus (Kuntze) Fernald Aster ericoides var. prostratus S.F.Blake Aster ericoides var. randii Britton Aster ericoides var. reevesii A.Gray Aster exiguus Rydb. Aster glabellus Nees Aster hebecladus DC. Aster leptophyllus DC. Aster multiflorus Aiton Aster multiflorus var. caeruleus Benke Aster multiflorus var. ciliatus (Willd.) W.P.C.Barton Aster multiflorus var. exiguus Fernald Aster multiflorus var. prostratus Kuntze Aster pauciflorus M.Martens Aster pilosus var. reevesii S.F.Blake Aster polycephalus Rydb. Aster × pseudodumosus (Thell.) Bergmans Aster ramosissimus Mill. Aster reevesii (A.Gray) G.Nicholson Aster reversii Decne. Aster scoparius DC. Aster subulatus Steud. Aster tenuifolius Willd. Eucephalus ericoides Nutt. Galatella leptophylla Nees Lasallea ericoides (L.) Semple & Brouillet Symphyotrichum ericoides f. gramsii (Benke) G.Wilh. & Rericha Symphyotrichum ericoides var. prostratum (Kuntze) G.L.Nesom Virgulus ericoides (L.) Reveal & Keener var. pansum Aster ericoides subsp. pansus (S.F.Blake) A.G.Jones Aster ericoides var. pansus (S.F.Blake) B.Boivin Aster ericoides var. stricticaulis (Torr. & A.Gray) F.C.Gates Aster multiflorus var. pansus S.F.Blake Aster multiflorus var. stricticaulis Torr. & A.Gray Aster pansus (S.F.Blake) Cronquist Aster stricticaulis Rydb. Symphyotrichum ericoides subsp. pansum (S.F.Blake) Semple Symphyotrichum ericoides var. stricticaule (Torr. & A.Gray) G.L.Nesom Virgulus ericoides subsp. pansus (S.F.Blake) Á.Löve & D.Löve Virgulus ericoides var. pansus (S.F.Blake) Reveal & Keener

Symphyotrichum ericoides (formerly Aster ericoides), known as white heath aster,^[4] frost aster,^[5] or heath aster,^[6] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to much of central and eastern North America. It has been introduced to parts of Europe and western Asia.^[2]

The naturally-occurring hybrid species of white heath aster and New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) is named Symphyotrichum × amethystinum and is commonly known as amethyst aster. It can grow where the two parents are in close proximity.