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Monroe: Wild Asters of Wisconsin 
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up to date. Where the names so given differ from those used in 
the second edition of Britton’s Manual , the latter are inserted as 
synonyms and printed in italics. Twenty-five species and varie- 
ties of Aster are listed, with notes on their distribution, as follows: 
Aster divaricatus L. White Wood Aster. Banks of Milwaukee River. 
A. leptocaulis Burgess. Smooth-stemmed Aster. Lake Woods and White- 
fish Bay. 
A. macrophyllus L. Large-leaved Aster. Throughout county. Locally 
abundant. 
A. Shortii Hook. Short’s Aster. Throughout northern part of county. 
Locally abundant. 
A. azureus Lindl. Sky-blue Aster. Menomonee Valley and Milwaukee 
River. Occasional. 
A. cordifolius L. Common Blue Wood Aster. Throughout county. 
Locally abundant. 
A. cordifolius L. var. laevigatus Porter. A. Lowrieanus Porter. Smooth 
Wood Aster. Throughout county. Common. 
A. sagittifolius Willd. Arrow-leaved Aster. Reported by A. Conrath 
as found in county. 
A. Drummondii Lindl. Drummond’s Aster. Wauwatosa and Whitefish 
Bay. Locally abundant. 
A. undulatus L. Wavy-leaved Aster. Whitefish Bay and New Coeln. 
A. novae-angliae L. New England Aster. Near the Cement Works, at 
Lake Woods and Whitefish Bay. Locally abundant. 
A. puniceus L. Red-stalk Aster. Throughout county. Common. 
A. puniceus var. lucidulus Gray. Sec. 5, Greenfield. 
A. prenanthoides Muhl. Crooked-stem Aster. Throughout county. Not 
uncommon. 
A. laevis L. Smooth Aster. Throughout county. Abundant, especially 
north. 
A. junceus Ait. Rush. Aster. In western part of county. Locally 
abundant. 
A. longifolius Lam. Long-leaved Aster. Whitefish Bay. 
A. ptarmicoides (Nees.) T. & G. Upland White Aster. Sec. 1, Green- 
field. 
A. paniculatus Lam. Panicled Aster. Banks of Milwaukee River. 
A. paniculatus var. simplex (Willd.) Burgess. Sec. 1, Greenfield. 
A. Tradescanti L. Michaelmas Daisy. Wauwatosa and Whitefish Bay. 
Occasional. 
A. ericoides L. Frost-weed Aster. Cement Works on Milwaukee River. 
Sec. 6, Greenfield. 
A. lateriflorus (L.) Britton. Starved Aster. Throughout county. Lo- 
cally common. 
A. angustus (Lindl.) T. & G. Brachyactis angustus (Lindl.) Britton. 
Rayless Aster. In waste places in city. Spreading. 
