COMPOSITE FAMILY. Compositas. 



Bushy Aster 



Aster dumosjis 

 White or 

 lilac=white 

 August- 

 October 



Small White 



Aster 



Aster lu'iniiiex 

 White 

 August- 

 September 



A similar species with fine linear leaves, 

 and loose-flowering branches, the stem 

 slightly fine-h.airy, and sometimes brown- 

 ish, or the wiiole plant quite smooth. 

 The little flowers, with 15-25 white or pale 

 lilac rays, are rather larger than those of 

 the next species. 1-3 feet high. Dry sandy soil. Mass., 

 and Conn., south and west to S. Dak. and Mo. 



A white-flowered species with larger 

 linear, or narrow lance-shaped leaves, the 

 largest ones slightly sharp-toothed. Stem 

 and leaves nearly if not quite smooth, the 

 stem often reddish, its branches almost 

 horizontal. The tiny flowers with numer- 

 ous white rays. The flowering branches very short, and 

 minutely leafy. 2-4 feet high. Common in moist places 

 and on river-banks, from southern N. Eng., south, and 

 west to Minn. , and Ark. The var. foliolosus is very leafy 

 and the branches turn upward; the linear leaves are 

 toothless, and nearly 2 inches long. The flowers in a 

 very loose cluster. 2-5 feet high. From Jaffrey, N. H., 

 south to Va., and west to Mo. 



An exceedingly common and variable 

 species, with a smooth, slender, sometimes 

 magenta-stained stem, witli stragglijig 

 branches. The light green, lance-shaped 

 leaves sparingly toothed, and larger than 

 any of those of the species immediately pre- 

 ceding. The little flowers scarcely ^ inch across, with 

 numerous light purple or lilac or white raj^s : the disc- 

 florets a deeper purple. 1-5 feet high. In dry fields, and 

 copses. Me., south to N. Car., west to S. Dak. and La. 

 A slender-stemmed, much-branched 

 white aster, w4th numerous flowers about 

 I inch broad, and with long lance-shaped 

 leaves, the lower ones slightly' toothed, 

 smooth on both sides, thin, and tapering 

 to a sharp point. The small flowers with 

 white or lilac-white rays clustered about 

 the short upwai'd-turned branches. 2-4 feet high. In 

 wet fields and swamps. Me., south, and west to Minn. 



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Calico Aster 



Aster diffnsm 

 Light purple 

 or white 

 August- 

 October 



Tradescant's 

 Aster 



Aster 



Tradescduti 

 White 

 August- 

 October 



