# Symphyotrichum drummondii

Symphyotrichum drummondii (formerly Aster drummondii) is a species of flowering plant of the family Asteraceae native to the central and eastern United States. The common name Drummond's aster has been used for the species. There also is an accepted variety native to the south-central United States and northeast Mexico named S. drummondii var. texanum. This variety has the common name of Texas aster. The species is a perennial, herbaceous plant that may reach 120 centimeters (4 feet) in height.

## Description

Symphyotrichum drummondii is a perennial, herbaceous plant that may reach 120 centimeters (4 feet) in height.

### Fruit
## Taxonomy

Symphyotrichum drummondii is classified in the subgenus Symphyotrichum, section Symphyotrichum, subsection Heterophylli, series Cordifolii. The species' common name is "Drummond's aster". In addition to the autonym of S. drummondii var. drummondii, there is an accepted variety native to the south-central United States and northeast Mexico named S. drummondii var. texanum. This variety has the common name of "Texas aster".
* Symphyotrichum subg. Symphyotrichum sect. Conyzopsis$^{:271}$ S. ciliatum S. frondosum S. laurentianum sect. Occidentales$^{:271}$ S. chilense S. eatonii S. foliaceum S. greatae S. hallii S. hendersonii S. jessicae S. lentum S. molle S. spathulatum S. subspicatum sect. Turbinelli$^{:133}$ S. turbinellum sect. Symphyotrichum$^{:268}$ ssect. Dumosi$^{:269}$ S. boreale S. bullatum S. burgessii S. carnerosanum S. dumosum S. eulae S. lanceolatum S. lateriflorum S. leone S. nahanniense S. ontarionis S. praealtum S. racemosum S. schaffneri S. simmondsii S. tradescantii S. welshii ssect. Heterophylli$^{:133}$ ser. Concinni$^{:133}$   S. laeve S. oolentangiense ser. Cordifolii$^{:133}$   S. anomalum S. ciliolatum S. cordifolium S. drummondii S. shortii S. undulatum S. urophyllum ssect. Porteriani$^{:270}$ S. depauperatum S. kentuckiense S. parviceps S. pilosum S. porteri ssect. Symphyotrichum ser. Punicei$^{:133}$ S. elliottii S. firmum S. prenanthoides S. puniceum S. rhiannon ser. Symphyotrichum S. anticostense S. novi-belgii S. retroflexum S. robynsianum Cladogram references 1 2 3 4 5 Nesom, G.L. (September 1994). "Review of the Taxonomy of Aster sensu lato (Asteraceae: Astereae), Emphasizing the New World Species". Phytologia. 77 (3) (published 31 January 1995): 141–297. ISSN 0031-9430. Retrieved 23 August 2021 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. 1 2 3 4 5 Semple, J.C.; Heard, S.B.; Brouillet, L. (2002). "Cultivated and Native Asters of Ontario (Compositae: Astereae)". University of Waterloo Biology Series. 41. Ontario: University of Waterloo: 1–134.

### Chromosomes

S. drummondii has a monoploid number (also called "base number") of eight chromosomes (x = 8). Diploid and tetraploid specimens of the autonym have been found with total chromosome counts of 16 and 32, respectively. Tetraploids have been found of S. drummondii var. texanum.

## Distribution and habitat

Symphyotrichum drummondii is native to the U.S. states of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, as well as to the state of Coahuila in northeast Mexico.

## Conservation

As of October 2024, NatureServe listed S. drummondii as Secure (G5) globally; Secure (S5) in Kentucky; Apparently Secure (S4) in Iowa and Mississippi; Imperiled (S2) in Michigan and Ohio; and, Critically Imperiled (S1) in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. The species' global status was last reviewed on 2 May 1988. S. drummondii var. texanum is listed as a Vulnerable Variety (T3), with Kansas and Mississippi as Vulnerable (S3), and Louisiana as Critically Imperiled (S1). This variety's global status was last reviewed by NatureServe on 10 April 2006.

## Citations

* 1 2 NatureServe 2024a.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 POWO 2024a.
* ↑ POWO 2024b.
* 1 2 POWO 2024c.
* 1 2 Brouillet et al. 2006.
* ↑ Semple, Heard & Brouillet 2002a, p. 133.
* 1 2 Brouillet et al. 2006b.
* ↑ Brouillet et al. 2006a.
* ↑ NatureServe 2024c.