Aster COMPOSITAE Aster 



(A) ; Alapocas woods, Wilmington, R. R. Tatnall, 568, 25 Sept. 1929 

 (T); moist bank, Wooddale (NC), R. R. Tatnall, 1259, 8 Sept. 1931 

 (T). Sept. 



A. macrophyllus L. 



Rare, in woodlands of the Piedmont: Mt. Cuba (NC), J. Craw- 

 ford, 30 Sept. 1896 (U); Porters Bridge (Ce), Long, 28548, 11 Aug. 

 1923 (A). 



A. spectabilis Ait. 



Rare, in sandy soil of the Coastal Plain: Harrington (K), Canby, 

 Sept. 1872 (A); dry soil near Felton (K), Commons, 26 Sept. 1873 

 (A) ; near Vienna, but in Wicomico County, Shreve & Jones, 1113-a, 

 23 Aug. 1906 (U); "swamp 1 mi. below Taylors Bridge" (NC), 

 Commons & Tatnall, 8 Oct. 1897, according to E. Tatnall (MS 

 Catalog). 



A. gracilis Nutt. 



Frequent in sandy soil of the Coastal Plain; open roadsides, 

 woods, ditches and dune hollows, from southwestern New Castle 

 County to Worcester County. Aug., early Sept. 



A. radula Ait. Low Rough Aster. 



Infrequent, in swamps and road ditches on the Coastal Plain of 

 northern New Castle County. Mid-July, Aug. 



A. novae-angliae L. New England Aster. 



Frequent in moist, open ground of both provinces. Early 

 Sept., Oct. 



A. concolor L. Silvery Aster. 



Infrequent, in dry, sandy soil of the Coastal Plain, Kent County, 

 Del., and southward to Cape Charles, preferring the seashore. 

 Sept., mid-Oct. 



A. patens Ait. Late Purple Aster. 



Frequent, in dry soil, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain southward to 

 Sussex County. Sept., mid-Oct. 



Var. phlogifolius Nees. 



Less common than the species, in rocky woods of the Pied- 

 mont. Sept., early Oct. 



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