Family ASTERACEA# 181 
Rays white, 3-8 mm. long. (See also A. levis and A. 
longulus.) 
Heads 10-25 mm. broad. 
Leaves acute or acuminate, often serrate. 
Rays 6-8 mm. long; leaves with rough margins. 
Disk 1 cm. wide; leaves thickish. 16. A. salicifolius. 
Disk 6-8 mm. wide; leaves thin. 17. A. paniculatus. 
Rays 6-8 mm. long. 19. A. tradescanti. 
Leaves obtuse, entire. 21. A. commutatus. 
Heads 6-8 mm. broad, rays 3-4 mm. wide. 20. A. multiflorus. 
1. Aster macrophyllus L. Large-leaved Aster. 
In woods in the southeastern part of the state. Lincoln; Nebraska 
City; Peru. 
2. Aster azureus Lindl. Sky-blue Aster. 
In prairies or open woods in the southeastern part of the state. 
Weeping Water. 
3. Aster cordifolius L. Blue Wood Aster. 
In woods in the southeastern part of the state. Nebraska City; 
Weeping Water. 
4. Aster drummondii Lindl. 
Wooded banks in the southeastern part of the state. Weeping Water. 
5. Aster sagittifolius Willd. 
In dry soil in the southeastern part of the state. Lincoln; Nebraska 
City; Weeping Water. 
6. Aster nove-angliez L. 
In moist soil in the southeastern part of the state. Burwell; Falls 
City; Grand Island; Nebraska City; Peru; Valentine. 
7. Aster oblongifolius Nutt. 
On prairies in the eastern part of the state. Antelope county; Lin- 
coln; Minden; Red Cloud; Valentine; Weeping Water. 
8. Aster puniceus L. 
Long Pine; Valentine. 
9. Aster levis L. Smooth Aster. 
In dry soil over most of the state. Belmont; Cass county; Long 
Pine; Nebraska City; South Bend; Valentine; Weeping Water. 
10. Aster adscendens Lindl. 
In western Nebraska, according to Britton’s Manual. 
11. Aster longifolius Lam. 
Newark; Weeping Water. 
12. Aster phyllodes Rydb. 
In the western part of the state. Kimball and Scotts Bluff counties. 
13. Aster sericeus Vent. Silky Aster. 
— in the eastern part of the state. Laurel; Lincoln; Nebraska 
ity. 
14. Aster fendleri A. Gray. 
Red Cloud. 
15. Aster nebraskensis Britton. 
In moist soil in the western part of the state. Burwell; Callaway; 
Long Pine; Minden; Valentine; Whitman. 
16. Aster salicifolius Lam. 
In moist soil in the southeastern part of the state. Nebraska City; 
Nemaha; Richardson county. 
