Appearance
"Symphyotrichum racemosum" is a perennial herbaceous plant that reaches 30–90 centimeters. It can grow in clumps with woody caudices or form colonies if its root system has developed long rhizomes. There are usually from one to three erect glabrous or glabrate stems growing from the root base. If glabrate, the hair will be in vertical lines.Distribution
"S. racemosum" is native to most of the eastern and east-central United States and has been introduced in Canada. It generally grows at elevations between 0 and 200 meters.Status
NatureServe lists it as Apparently Secure worldwide and Critically Imperiled in Oklahoma, Imperiled in Vermont and New Brunswick, and Vulnerable in Pennsylvania. The Database of Vascular Plants of Canada, however, reports that it is an introduced species in New Brunswick. "Flora of North America" reports it as introduced in Canada.Habitat
It is a wetland species found in alluvial soils, brackish marshes, savannas, and bogs. It is known from wet meadows, swamps and swamp borders, and prairie swales. Other habitats include those on open coastal pond shores.References:
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