COMPOSITE FAMILY. Compositae, 



Spreading 

 Aster 



Aster pat ena 

 Light violet 

 purple 

 August- 

 October 



Wavy=leaved 

 Aster 



Aster 

 undulatus 

 Light violet 

 September- 

 October 



A common species on dry ground, with 

 ovate-oblong, stemless leaves, heart-shaped 

 at the base and clasping the main stem, 

 toothless or nearly so, but rough on the 

 edge and on tlie upper surface. Stem 

 rough-hairy, slender, and widely branched. 

 Flowers with 20-30 light violet-purple rays 

 nearly \ inch long, and spreading, pointed, green tips 

 beneath. 1-3 feet high. In dry open places, from Mass., 

 south, and west to northern N. Y. and Minn. 



An aster easily recognized by its remark- 

 able broad-stemmed leaf, which is heart- 

 shaped where it clasps the plant-stem ; 

 some leaves are pointed heart-shaped, and 

 the upper ones have an undulating mar- 

 gin. Stems stiff and very rough. Flow- 

 ers light blue-violet, with 9-15 rays. 1-3 

 feet high. In dry places and on shaded roadsides. Com- 

 mon everywhere. 



A familiar, smcdl-floicered aster with 



ear = eave variable leaves. Stem slender, smooth. 

 Aster ' ' 



Aster ^^'^ much branched ; the light green leaves 



cordifolius rough or fine-hairy, and usually pointed 



Lilac or lighter heart-shaped with large sharp teeth; the 

 upper ones short-stemmed or stejnless, 

 ovate or lance-shaped. The lilac or blue- 

 lavender flowers, about f inch broad, with 10-20 rays, 

 are crowded in dense clusters like those of the lilac ; the 

 disc-florets turn magenta or madder purple with age. 

 This aster presents a great variety of forms ; there is one 

 among the foothills of the White Mountains, Campton 

 and Plymouth, scarcely 8 inches high, with white flow- 

 ers and smooth, narrow, lance-shaped leaves ; the estab- 

 lished var. Furbishice (Fern aid) is distinguished for its 

 long soft-hairy stem and leaf -stalks, the leaves somewhat 

 so beneath ; northern Maine. Also Dr. Britton recog- 

 nizes several other varieties. 1-4 feet high. Common 

 everywhere. 



September- 

 October 



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