Aster COMPOSITAE Aster 



A. undulatus L. Wavy-leaved Aster. 



Common in dry woods, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain at least as 

 far south as Caroline and Talbot Counties. Early Sept., mid-Oct. 



A. cordifolius L. Blue Wood Aster. 



Common in dry woods of the Piedmont. Mid-Sept, to mid-Oct. 



A. sagittifolius Wedemeyer. 



One collection: near Centreville (NC), Commons, 19 Oct. 1876 

 (A). 



A. laevis L. Smooth Aster. 



Frequent in dry, rocky woods and on shaded roadsides in the 

 Piedmont; one collection on the Coastal Plain: Laurel (S), Com- 

 mons, 4 Sept. 1880 (A). Early Sept., Oct. 



A. concinnus Willd. 



Infrequent, in low ground. Piedmont of Cecil County: along 

 Octoraro Creek, J. J. Carter, 6 Oct. 1903 and 22 Sept. 1909 (A) ; 

 and southward on the Coastal Plain to Sussex County. Sept., 

 early Oct. 



A. pilosus Willd. (A. ericoides L. var. villosus T. & G. See Blake: 

 Rhodora 32, 138. 1930.) 



Seldom collected: railroad ballast along siding, Reybold (NC), 

 Benner, 9162, 14 Oct. 1939 (A); meadow 3^ mi. s. w. of Easton 

 (Ta), Earle, 3999, 1 Oct. 1944 (P). 



"Stems conspicuously hairy." 



Var. demotus Blake. {A. ericoides of manuals.) 



Common in open ground, from the Pennsylvania line to the 

 Virginia boundary. Mid-Sept, to mid-Oct. 

 "With subglabrous stems." 



A. depauperatus (Porter) Fern. 



Rare, or seldom collected: rocky soil east of Rock Springs (Ce), 

 Long, 28476, 11 Aug. 1923 (A) ; barrens i^ mi. n. w. of Rock Springs, 

 L.F.A. Tanger, 18 Aug. 1938 (P). 



A. ericoides L. {A. multiflorus Ait. See Blake, 1. c.) 



One collection: dry soil near Smyrna (NC), Commons, 10 Oct. 

 1866 (A). 



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