COMPOSITE FAMILY. Composite. 



Bushy Aster 



Aster dnmosus 

 White or 

 lilac-white 

 August- 

 October 



Small White 

 Aster 



Aster vimineus 

 White 

 August- 

 September 



A similar species with fine linear leaves, 

 and loose-flowering branches, the stem 

 slightly fine-hairy, and sometimes brown- 

 ish, or the whole 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 branch 33 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, with straggling 

 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 rays ; 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, with numerous flowers about 

 finch 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 upward-turned branches. 2-4 feet high. In 

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

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Calico Aster 

 Aster diffu&us 

 Light purple 

 or white 

 August- 

 October 



Tradescant's 

 Aster 

 Aster 



Tradescanti 

 White 

 August- 

 October 



