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Each value Trefle shows for Symphyotrichum ericoides, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced6 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded10 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(L.) G.L.Nesom	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Phytologia 77(3): 280 (1995)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1995	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	White heath aster	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Aster family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	C. & E. Canada to Mexico	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	46 cm	45.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 39 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 335, 866, 882, 925	Differs from sources
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 642 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 918, 925	Sourced
Flower color	empty	blue, green, magenta, purple, white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Fruit shape	achene	achene · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Forb/herb	Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Maximum height	empty	180 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 335, 866, 882, 925	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 649 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 110, 432, 460, 818, 918, 925	Sourced
Fruit months	empty	jan, feb, mar, apr, may, jun, jul, aug, sep, oct, nov, dec · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 96, 444, 822	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	95 cm	95 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 432, 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	34.9 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 412, 570	Not on the record

Symphyotrichum ericoides (L.) G.L.Nesom, 1995 25% complete

White heath aster

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