| Name | Aster frutescens S. Watson |
| Authorship | S. Watson |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Aster Linnaeus |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:23468-2 |
| Citation | 1889 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 24: 55 |
| Holdings | 4 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Aster frutescens S. Watson |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1), 1974 (1), 1983 (1), 2016 (1) |