Aster COMPOSITAE Aster 



A. dumosus L. Bushy Aster. 



Infrequent, in sandy soil, Piedmont and Coastal Plain south- 

 ward to Sussex and Talbot Counties. Mid- Aug. to mid-Oct. 



Var. coridifolius (Mx.) T. & G. 



Rare: Greenbank (NC), Commons, 28 Sept. 1882 (A); 

 Georgetown (S), C. S. Williamson, 30 Aug. 1908 (A). 



A. vimineus Lam. 



Infrequent, in moist ground, Coastal Plain, from the Fall Line 

 southward at least to Talbot County ( Earle) . Mid- Aug. to Oct. 



A. lateriflorus (L.) Britton. 



Infrequent or neglected, Piedmont of New Castle County; also 

 roadside. Elk Neck (Ce), R. R. Tatnall, 4110, 19 Oct. 1938 (T). 

 Mid-Sept, Oct. 



Var. pendulus (Ait.) Burgess. 



Frequent on roadsides and in thickets. Piedmont and Coastal 

 Plain of New Castle and Cecil Counties. Late Sept., Oct. 



Var. thyrsoideus (Gray) Sheldon. 



Local ; salt meadows and marshes of the seacoast : Ocean City 

 (Wo), Killip, 7338, 7 Sept. 1920 (U); Fenwick Island (S), R. R. 

 Tatnall, 2387, 2418, 2821 (T, A); 3 mi. n. of Bethany Beach (S), 

 R. R. Tatnall, 3636, 17 Oct. 1937 (T). Mid-Sept., Oct. 



A. paniculatus Lam. 



Common on ditch banks and tidal shores. Piedmont, and 

 Coastal Plain of the northern counties; less common southward: 

 3H mi. n. w. of Easton (Ta), Earle, 3185, 25 Sept. 1940 (P); shore 

 of Broad Creek, n. w. of Portsville (S), R. R. Tatnall, 1658, 16 Oct. 

 1932 (T). Sept., Oct. 



Citations of A. carneus and A. salicif alius in E. Tatnall: MS 

 Catalog, probably belong here. 



[A. Tradescanti L. (A. saxatilis (Fern.) Blanchard. See Rhodora 

 35, 312. 1933.) 

 A northern species, quite beyond our range. Records in E. 

 Tatnall: MS Catalog, and Catalogue of 1860, should probably be 

 referred to A. 'paniculatus.] 



A. novi-belgii L. New York Aster. 



Common in swamps, ditches and borders of salt marshes, from 



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