DIVERSITY OF LIFE

TOMPKINS COUNTY FLORA

Symphyotrichum laeve (L.) A.& D. Löve	Mitchell NY NYFA TC USDA NY no no accepted

Smooth Blue Aster
Asteraceae

CAYUGA FLORA (1926) NOTES: Dry banks, fields, and thickets, in sandy or gravelly noncalcareous soils ; common. Sept.-Nov. Rare or absent in the McLean region and on the clays and richer soils of the basin. Me. to Sask., southw. to Va., Ala., La., Mo., and Colo. ; infrequent on the Coastal Plain. A probable hybrid of this species with A. undulatus was found on Thatcher Pinnacles. The species is variable in width of leaf, the form with broadest leaves answering to var. amplifolius Porter.

BH SPECIMENS FOR Symphyotrichum laeve (this list may be incomplete)

Ithaca, Beebe Lake, 12 Sep 1953, Dilger WCD299 (BH 112580);

Lansing, Bishop's Small Mall, weedy ditch along north edge of parking lot, with Sonchus arvensis, Lythrum salicaria, Picris hieracioides. Symphyotrichum laeve on other side of road, leaves glabrous but not glaucous, clasping stems, disc florets pale yellow, rays very pale bluish, phyllary green zones diamond shaped, stems pubescent in lines, 1 Oct 2015, Tal 1185 (BH 105202);

SPECIMENS OF Symphyotrichum laeve var. concinnum

Lansing, between eastern end of Triphammer Marketplace shopping center and Homewood Suites motel, 50 yards south of motel, on weedy, disturbed hillside, with Symphyotrichum lanceolatum, Sonchus asper, Picris hieracioides, in flower, rays blue-violet, 1 Oct 2015, Tal 1182 (BH 105199);

Lansing, between eastern end of Triphammer Marketplace shopping center and Homewood Suites motel, 50 yards south of motel, on weedy, disturbed hillside, with Symphyotrichum lanceolatum, Sonchus asper, Picris hieracioides, in flower, rays blue-violet, 1 Oct 2015, Tal 1181 (BH 105198);

Danby, Danby State Forest, Thatcher's Pinnacle, summit, in clearing and in surrounding dry woods under thin canopy, with Solidago bicolor, S. arguta, Vaccinium angustifolium, Helianthus divaricatus, in flower, rays blue-violet, leaves 5+ times longer than wide, 13 Aug 2015, Tal & Lorbeer 1180 (BH 105197);

SPECIMENS OF Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve

Ithaca, Six Mile Creek, dry field, 23 Sep 1913, Brown 1236 (BH 29264);
near Ithaca, dry soil, 26 Sep 1907, Brown (BH 29266);
Ithaca, Flats, Sep 1908, Brown & Moore (BH 29265);
Ithaca, Cornell University campus, north of Veterinary College, bank, 19 Sep 1934, Burnham 18655 (BH 66976);
Ithaca, Cornell University campus, north of Law Hall, bank, 19 Sep 1934, Burnham 18655 (BH 29186);
Ithaca, north of Coy Glen, open field, Cream colored rays, 15 Sep 1921, Burnham & Wilson 14061 (BH 29258);
Ithaca, 27 Sep 1884, Coville (BH 29263);
east of West Danby, Thatcher's Pinnacle, top of summit, open area, 27 Sep 1983, Ducey 52 (BH 29251);
Ithaca, Fall Creek, 23 Sep 1872, Dudley (BH 29259);
Ithaca, Cascadilla Woods, dry woods, Sep 1875, Dudley (BH 29260);
Ulysses, Taughannock Ravine, dry woods, 16 Oct 1918, Eames 10901 (BH 29184);
Ithaca, Six Mile Creek, south side, below Green Tree Falls, gravelly bank, 19 Sep 1915, Eames 5188 (BH 29273);
Lansing, north of McKinneys, Cayuga Lake cliffs, talus, 20 Sep 1933, Eames X18420 (BH 66975);
Ithaca, Cornell Heights, on Phi Kappa Sigma grounds, 3 Oct 1941, Eames 20456 (BH 29188);
Ithaca, Cornell Heights, on Phi Kappa Sigma grounds, weed, 3 Sep 1941, Eames 20456 (BH 29187);
Enfield, lower ravine, dry bank, 5 Sep 1915, Eames 5191 (BH 29272);
Danby, Thatcher Pinnacles, dry open woods, 10 Oct 1915, Eames & MacDaniels 5190 (BH 29255);
Ithaca, Fall Creek below Varna, dry rocky bank, 12 Sep 1915, Eames & MacDaniels 5192 (BH 29271);
Ithaca, north side of Coy Glen, dry open woods, 28 Sep 1913, Eames & MacDaniels 1237 (BH 29270);
Danby, Thatchers Pinnacles, dry crests, 1 Oct 1918, Eames & Wiegand 10903 (BH 29257);
Ithaca, Cayuga Heights, along Ridegewood Road, 12 Oct 1938, Eames 19915 (BH 330140);
Lansing, near McKinneys station, roadside, rays lavender-blue, 8 Sep 1947, Freitag 194 (BH 66974);
near West Danby, Thatcher's Pinnacles, gap in Oak-Hickory woods along ridge crest, 28 Sep 1983, Haas 75 (BH 29252);
Ithaca, Six Mile Creek, south side, opposite Beech Woods, 16 Sep 1914, Metcalf 3257 (BH 29267);
Ithaca, Six Mile Creek, Beech Woods, 16 Sep 1914, Metcalf 3256 (BH 29268);
Ithaca, near Percy Field, 7 Sep 1914, Metcalf 3255 (BH 29269);
Ithaca, Cascadilla Creek, 24 Sep 1885, Moore (BH 29190);
Ithaca, Cornell Heights, vacant lot, 31 Aug 1922, Muenscher & Bechtel 767 (BH 29250);
east of Ithaca, Turkey Hill (Dryden), dry abandoned field, 16 Sep 1945, Munz 17457 (BH 29249);
Town of Ithaca, Village of Cayuga Heights, 532 Cayuga Heights Road, north side of yard, old lawn allowed to grow to meadow, Several stalks (apparently one spreading plant) within 2 square feet. No rosettes seen, and lower leaves missing from all stalks. Ray flowers pink with lavender tinge., 16 Oct 2016, Parker (BH 130470);	VEmap	GOOmap
Ithaca, 29 Sep 1875, Rowlee (BH 29193);
Ulysses, Taughannock Ravine, 16 Sep 1943, Schuster 20919 (BH 29189);
Ithaca, Forest Home, dry hillside, 20 Sep 1915, Thomas 5206 (BH 29183);
Lansing, near McKinneys, lakeshore, 27 Oct 1894, Wiegand (BH 29192);
Lansing, near McKinneys, lake shore, 27 Oct 1894, Wiegand (BH 29191);
Ithaca, near Fall Creek, 27 Sep 892, Wiegand (BH 29261);
Ithaca, Cayuga Heights, schoolhouse grounds, 30 Sep 1929, Wiegand 17436-2 (BH 29254);
Ithaca, Cayuga Heights, schoolhouse grounds, 30 Sep 1929, Wiegand 17438 (BH 29185);
Ithaca, Cayuga Heights, schoolhouse grounds, 30 Sep 1929, Wiegand 17436-3 (BH 29253);
Ithaca, Fall Creek Ravine, 5 Oct 1902, Wiegand (BH 29262);
Danby, Thatcher's Pinnacles, dry scrubby crests, Aug 1917, Wiegand 8907 (BH 29256);

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