Template:Did you know nominations/Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 21:46, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
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Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
Calico aster flower heads
- ... that two characteristics of Symphyotrichum lateriflorum (calico aster, pictured) are hairy midribs on the backs of the leaves and five strongly reflexed disk floret corolla lobes when open? Source: "A. lateriflorus as a species can best be recognized by ... the generally pubescent midrib of the rather thin (as compared with A. paniculatus) leaves." p. 177 in https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/600152/ AND "Disc florets 8–16(–20); corollas cream to light yellow turning pink or reddish purple, (2.5–)3–5 mm, tubes shorter than funnelform-campanulate throats, lobes strongly reflexed, lanceolate, 0.9–1.7 mm." http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067657
- ALT1:... that a characteristic of Symphyotrichum lateriflorum (calico aster, pictured) is the five strongly reflexed disk floret corolla lobes when open? Source: "Disc florets 8–16(–20); corollas cream to light yellow turning pink or reddish purple, (2.5–)3–5 mm, tubes shorter than funnelform-campanulate throats, lobes strongly reflexed, lanceolate, 0.9–1.7 mm." http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067657
Created/expanded by Eewilson (talk). Self-nominated at 15:35, 14 June 2021 (UTC).
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- ALT2:... that the blossoms of Symphyotrichum lateriflorum (calico aster, pictured) have been used by the Meskwaki as a smudge 'to cure a crazy person who has lost his mind'? Source: "Starved or Calico Aster (Aster lateriflorus (L.) Britton) ... The blossoms only are smudged to cure a crazy person who has lost his mind." H.H. Smith, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians abstracted at https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=np05-005 (limited access)
—Eewilson (talk) 03:43, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
It was a pleasure to review this article. The photographs alone were worth it. Excellent work, Eewilson. The article was nominated the day after it was recognized as a good article, so it counts as new. At c. 50,000 characters, its length is more than sufficient. The article is neutral and sources are properly cited throughout. I do not have access to all the sources so I cannot confirm that there is absolutely no close paraphrasing, but judging by the style (which is much less jargonistic than one would find in such specialized publications) I think close paraphrasing is very unlikely. All the hooks are short enough and cited in the article, but only ALT2 could count as "interesting to a broad audience". The image is free, used in the article (infobox), and looks lovely at small size. We rarely see flowers in DYK, so I recommend it. Surtsicna (talk) 13:42, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
