(A) Golden Aster ( Chrysopsis mariana) is, as one 
would judge from its species name, very partial to the 
seacoast, where it may be found in profusion in dry 
sandy places and along roadsides. 
The flowers grow in rather loose, flat-topped clusters, 
each head being on a rather long, slightly sticky pe¬ 
duncle. The tubular and ray florets proceed from a 
bell-shaped invoducre composed of overlapping bracts. 
Its period of bloom is during August and September 
and it ranges from N. Y. and Pa. southwards to Fla. 
and La. 
(B) Curved-leaved Golden Aster (Chrysopsis fal- 
cata) is a very beautiful species with a silvery, woolly 
stem 4 to 10 inches high, closely crowded with stiff, 
linear, downy, slightly recurved leaves. The golden- 
yellow flowers spread about an inch; the tubular florets 
in the center have a brownish orange tinge but the 
numerous straps or ray-flowers are the brightest of 
orange-yellow. This species loves dry sandy soil and is 
most abundant near the coast from Cape Cod to the pine 
barrens of New Jersey. It may be found in bloom from 
the latter part of July until September. 
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