title: Symphyotrichum laurentianum
text: # Symphyotrichum laurentianum
  
  Symphyotrichum laurentianum (formerly Aster laurentianus) is a critically imperiled species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae endemic to the southern shores of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada. Commonly known as Gulf of St. Lawrence aster, it is an annual, herbaceous plant with one stem and no ray florets that grows up to about 13 centimetres (5 inches) tall.
  
  ## Citations
  
  * 1 2 3 NatureServe 2021.
  * 1 2 POWO 2019.
  * 1 2 Brouillet et al. 2006.
  