| Author | (Britton) Medley | |
| Distribution | Symphyotrichum kentuckiense is a replacement name for S. priceae. Older literature treated it as Aster pilosus var. priceae. There is a single specimen (2 sheets) from NC: Gaston County, E-facing slope along Crawford Road, SR 1108, ca. 2000 feet from junction with US 321. 18 Oct 1996, J.T. Soule et al s.n. (UNCC). Specimen annotated by Jim Matthews in 2012.
"C. KY south through c. TN to nw. GA and n. AL." (Weakley 2024a). The NC collection is thus an eastward disjunction, east of the Appalachians. | |
| Abundance | Very rare, a single NC collection. This species is not in the NC NHP's Biotics database and thus is unranked. | |
| Habitat | Slope of roadside in NC. Typical habitat is limestone glades. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting 18 October. | |
| Identification | This is an aster with blue-violet rays, rarely white. See Weakley (2024a) for further details. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | Symphyotrichum kentuckiense is a replacement name for S. priceae. Older literature treated it as Aster pilosus var. priceae.
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| Other Common Name(s) | Miss Price's Aster | |
| State Rank | SNR | |
| Global Rank | G3G5 | |
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