| Name | Aster puniceus var. compactus Fernald |
| Authorship | Fernald |
| Rank | Variety |
| Placed in | Aster puniceus Linnaeus |
| Citation | 1899 Rhodora 1: 189 |
| Holdings | 12 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Aster puniceus var. compactus Fernald |
| Identification made in | [no date] (2), 1898 (3), 1912 (1), 1981 (2), 1983 (4) |