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New Mexico: Carrizo Mountains; Ensenada; Taos; Baldy; Santa Fe Creek; Chama; 
Dulce. Wet ground, especially along streams, in the Upper Sonoran and Transition 
zones. 
11. Aster hebecladus DC. Prodr. 5: 242. 1836. 
TyPE LOCALITY: Texas. 
Rance: Western Texas to southern Arizona and southward. 
New Mexico: Gallinas Canyon; Mangas Springs; near White Water; Mesilla Valley; 
Fort Bayard; Silver City; Dayton. Chiefly in river valleys, often along ditches, 
Lower Sonoran to Transition Zone. 
12. Aster crassulus Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 28: 504. 1901. 
Type LOcALITY: Mesas, La Veta, Colorado. 
RanGeE: Idaho and North Dakota to Colorado and New Mexico. 
New Mexico: Santa Fe; Zuni; Raton. Upper Sonoran Zone. 
13. Aster multiflorus Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 203. 1789. 
Type Locauity: North America. 
Rance: Montana and Maine to Georgia and Mexico. 
New Mexico: Albuquerque; Aztec; Farmington; Las Huertas Canyon. Lower and 
Upper Sonoran zones. 
14. Aster commutatus (Torr. & Gray) A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 17: 185. 1884, 
Aster multiflorus commutatus Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 125, 1841. 
Type LocaLiry: ‘‘Upper Missouri.”’ 
Rance: Wyoming and Minnesota to Nevada and New Mexico. 
New Mexico: Dulce; Santa Fe; Beulah; Taos; Ensenada; Pecos; Folsom; Belen; 
Gilmores Ranch; north of Capitan Mountains. Open fields, in the Upper Sonoran and 
lower part of the Transition zones. 
15. Aster blepharophyllus A. Gray, Pl. Wright. 2: 77. 1853. 
Type Locauity: Las Playas Springs, New Mexico. Type collected by Wright 
(no. 1164). 
RanaeE: Known only from type locality. 
16. Aster laevis L. Sp. Pl. 876. 1753. 
Type Locatity: ‘Habitat in America septentrionali.”’ 
Rance: Saskatchewan and New England to New Mexico and Louisiana. 
New Mexico: Dulce; Raton Mountains; Santa Fe and Las Vegas mountains; Santa 
Antonita; Folsom; Eagle Creek. Open slopes, in the Upper Sonoran and Transition 
zones. 
17. Aster exilis Ell. Bot. 8. C. & Ga. 2: 344. 1821. 
Type Locairy: ‘‘Grows in damp soils in the western districts of Georgia.” 
Range: California and New Mexico to Texas and Georgia. 
New Mexico: Mogollon Mountains; Berendo Creek; Organ Mountains. Transition 
Zone. 
18. Aster lonchophyllus Greene, Leaflets 1: 146. 1905. 
Type LocaLity: Stony slopes, Crested Butte, southern Colorado. 
Rance: Mountains of Colorado and northern New Mexico. 
New Mexico: Chama (Standley 6573). Meadows, in the Transition Zone. 
Our specimens are very small as compared with the type, but this is probably because 
of the rather unfavorable environment in which they grew. 
19. Aster salicifolius Lam. Encycl. 1: 306. 1783. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Canada. 
Rance: British America to New Mexico, Texas, and Florida. 
New Mexico: Mesilla Valley (Wooton & Standley). 
