BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Symphyotrichum ciliatum
rayless alkali aster
| Scientific Name: | Symphyotrichum ciliatum (Ledeb.) Nesom | ||||||||||
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Aster brachyactis
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| English Name: | rayless alkali aster | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy Comments: | Renamed from Aster brachyactis in 2008. | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Vascular Plant | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | SYMPCIL | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G5 (May 2016) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S4S5 (Apr 2019) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Yellow | ||||||||||
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| General Status Canada: | 4 - Secure (2010) | ||||||||||
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| Global Habitat Comments: | Lakeshores and borders of ponds on moist, saline soil. | ||||||||||
| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | YK and BC to WA, WY, NV, UT, and eastward, partly as an adventive (Kartesz 1988, 1999; Cronquist 1994; Scoggan 1979; Hulten 1968). | ||||||||||
| Disjunct, more common elsewhere: | N | ||||||||||
| Peripheral, major distribution elsewhere: | N | ||||||||||
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Symphyotrichum ciliatum. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 8, 2026).