Symphyotrichum fendleri(A.Gray) G.L.Nesom

Fendler's aster

WFO wfo-0000124958 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Symphyotrichum fendleri, photographed by Reid Hardin
fig. a Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-11-26 / obs. 105728208
Symphyotrichum fendleri, photographed by Matt Berger
fig. b Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 95665565
Symphyotrichum fendleri, photographed by Matt Berger
fig. c Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 95665295
Symphyotrichum fendleri, photographed by Reid Hardin
fig. d Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 105728220
Symphyotrichum fendleri, photographed by Reid Hardin
fig. e Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 123562258
Symphyotrichum fendleri, photographed by Matt Berger
fig. f Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 95665559
Symphyotrichum fendleri, photographed by Matt Berger
fig. g Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 95665552
Symphyotrichum fendleri, photographed by Matt Berger
fig. h Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 95665561

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Symphyotrichum fendleri is native: Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas ColoradoKansasNebraskaNew MexicoOklahomaTexas
Native distribution of Symphyotrichum fendleri, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Colorado COL NORTHERN AMERICA
Kansas KAN
Nebraska NEB
New Mexico NWM
Oklahoma OKL
Texas TEX

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 3 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aster fendleri A.Gray
  • Aster nuttallii var. fendleri (A.Gray) A.Gray
  • Virgulus fendleri (A.Gray) Reveal & Keener

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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