(A) Heart-leaved Aster (Aster cordifolius) is a 
common species, readily identified by the shape of its 
leaves that are, the lower ones especially, heart-shaped 
and on quite long, slender, ciliate petioles. The stalk 
is slender, branchy and grows from 1 to 4 feet high. 
The flowers are numerous but comparatively small, 
about % inches across; they have brownish yellow cen¬ 
ters and 10 to 20 lilac, or lighter colored rays. It is 
a very common species in thin woods and thickets, or 
along their edges. Found from N. B. to Minn, and 
southwards, flowering in Sept, and Oct. 
(B) Panicled Aster (Aster paniculatus) is a very 
tall, branching, slender-stemmed species, commonly found 
in moist ground and on the borders of woods or copses. 
The smooth stalk attains heights of from 2 to 8 feet. 
At the ends of the branches are numerous flower heads 
about the size of a nickel, loosely panicled. The leaves 
are long lance-shaped, nearly smooth, obscurely, or not 
at all, toothed and dark green in color. This is one of 
the palest colored of the “ blue asters,” the flowers are 
very light violet and often white. 
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