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|accepted_name=Symphyotrichum depauperatum
|accepted_authority=(Fernald) G. L. Nesom
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Phytologia
|place=77: 279. 1995
|year=1995
}}
|common_names=Starved or serpentine aster
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Aster depauperatus
|authority=Fernald
|publication_title=Rhodora
|publication_place=10: 94. 1908
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aster ericoides var. depauperatus
|authority=Porter
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aster ericoides var. pusillus
|authority=A. Gray
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aster parviceps var. pusillus
|authority=(A. Gray) Fernald
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aster pilosus var. pusillus
|authority=(A. Gray) A. G. Jones
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Symphyotrichum;Symphyotrichum subg. Symphyotrichum;Symphyotrichum sect. Symphyotrichum;Symphyotrichum depauperatum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Astereae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Symphyotrichum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Symphyotrichum subg. Symphyotrichum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Symphyotrichum sect. Symphyotrichum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Symphyotrichum depauperatum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 468, 500, 511
|treatment_page=page 510
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> 20–50 cm, colonial or cespitose; branched rhizomatous. <b>Stems</b> 1–3+, erect (straight, brittle), glabrate. <b>Leaves</b> thin, margins ciliate, abaxial faces glabrous or glabrate, adaxial sparsely strigose; basal withering by flowering (new rosettes developing at flowering), sessile, blades lanceolate to oblanceolate or spatulate, 20–40+ × 3–5+ mm, bases attenuate, margins sparsely serrate to subentire, strigose-ciliate, apices acute to obtuse; proximal cauline usually withering by flowering, sessile, blades linear-oblanceolate, ca. 30 × 2 mm, bases tapering, margins entire, scabrous, apices acute; distal sometimes withering by flowering, sessile, blades linear, 10–30 × 1.5–5 mm, reduced distally, bases cuneate or not tapering, margins entire, apices acute, ± mucronulate. <b>Heads</b> in open, wide, paniculiform arrays, branches arching, sometimes ± secund, abundantly bracteate. <b>Peduncles</b> long, gradually reduced distally on branches, glabrous or glabrate, bracts 3–17+, linear, mucronate. <b>Involucres</b> cylindro-campanulate, (3.2–) 3.4–4 (–4.3) mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in 3–5 series, oblong-lanceolate, unequal, bases indurate 1/2–3/4, margins narrowly scarious, slightly or not erose, sparsely ciliolate or not distally, green zones lanceolate, apices acute, involute, slightly spreading, faces glabrous. <b>Ray</b> florets 7–14; corollas usually white, seldom pink, laminae (3–)3.8–5.4(–6.2) × 0.5–1.1 mm. <b>Disc</b> florets 7–17; corollas yellow becoming brown, (2.2–)2.5–2.9(–3.1) mm, tubes shorter than narrowly funnelform throats, lobes lanceolate, 0.3–0.6(–0.9) mm. <b>Cypselae</b> yellowish brown, obovoid, ± compressed, ± 1.2–1.3 mm, 3–4-nerved, faces sparsely to moderately strigillose; pappi white (yellowish), 2.4–3.3 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Aug–Oct.
|habitat=Serpentine or diabasic soils
|elevation=400–1000 m
|distribution=Md.;N.C.;Pa.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p><i>Symphyotrichum depauperatum</i> is federally listed in the United States.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Symphyotrichum depauperatum
|author=
|authority=(Fernald) G. L. Nesom
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Aster ericoides var. depauperatus;Aster ericoides var. pusillus;Aster parviceps var. pusillus;Aster pilosus var. pusillus
|basionyms=Aster depauperatus
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Aug–Oct.
|habitat=Serpentine or diabasic soils
|elevation=400–1000 m
|distribution=Md.;N.C.;Pa.
|reference=None
|publication title=Phytologia
|publication year=1995
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Symphyotrichum
|subgenus=Symphyotrichum subg. Symphyotrichum
|section=Symphyotrichum sect. Symphyotrichum
|species=Symphyotrichum depauperatum
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