Symphyotrichum turbinellum

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in family Asteraceae}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Symphyotrichum turbinellum 53919668.jpg

| range_map = Symphyotrichum turbinellum distribution.png

| range_map_alt = Symphyotrichum turbinellum distribution map: US — Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.

| range_map_caption = Native distribution primarily in the Ozarks{{sfn|Brouillet|Semple|Allen|Chambers|2006}}

| status = G4

| status_system = TNC

| status_ref = {{sfn|NatureServe|2024}}

| display_parents = 5

| genus = Symphyotrichum

| parent = Symphyotrichum sect. Symphyotrichum

| species = turbinellum

| authority = (Lindl.) G.L.Nesom{{sfn|POWO|2019}}

| synonyms_ref = {{sfn|POWO|2019}}

| synonyms = Aster turbinellus Lindl.

}}

{{Strong|Symphyotrichum turbinellum}} (formerly Aster turbinellus), with the common names of prairie aster,{{sfn|Brouillet|Semple|Allen|Chambers|2006}} smooth violet prairie aster,{{sfn|USDA|2014}} and mauve-flowered starwort,{{sfn|Royal Horticultural Society|n.d.}} is a species of perennial flowering plant in the family Asteraceae{{sfn|POWO|2019}} native to the United States in Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma, primarily in the Ozarks. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. It flowers from August to October.

Description

S. turbinellum is a perennial flowering plant that reaches heights of {{Convert|30–100|cm|in|abbr=off|sp=us}}. It has straight and brittle stems, and it flowers from August to October with 14–20 light blue to purple ray florets and about the same number of yellow then later purple disk florets.{{sfn|Brouillet|Semple|Allen|Chambers|2006}}

Distribution and habitat

File:Symphyotrichum turbinellum 333140023.jpg

S. turbinellum is native to the United States in Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma,{{sfn|POWO|2019}} primarily in the Ozarks. It can be found growing in dry and acidic soils at elevations between {{Convert|60 and 900|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}}.{{sfn|Brouillet|Semple|Allen|Chambers|2006}}

Conservation

NatureServe has given it a global conservation status of Apparently Secure (G4). This was last reviewed {{Nowrap|2 May 1988}}. In Iowa, it is Presumed Extirpated (SX), and in Kansas, it is Critically Imperiled (S1).{{sfn|NatureServe|2024}}

Gardening

Symphyotrichum turbinellum has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{sfn|Royal Horticultural Society|n.d.}}

File:Favourite flowers of garden and greenhouse (10574850545).jpg|Botanical illustration (on right)

File:Symphyotrichum turbinellum 54362867.jpg|Stem and leaves

File:Symphyotrichum turbinellum (Aster turbinellus) hybrid with Salvia guarantica Black ^ Blue - Flickr - peganum (cropped).jpg|Hybrid with other flowers in a garden