|
Photographer: Merel R. Black
|
Family Asteraceae
Aster umbellatus Mill.
flat-top aster, parasol aster, tall flat-topped white aster
Aster: from the Greek aster, "a star," describing the radiate heads of the flowers
umbellatus: like umbels or umbrella-like flower heads
|
|
| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-7' tall forb; stems usually hairless below the inflorescence; from creeping rhizomes |
| Flower: | head 2/3"-1" wide with 7-14 white rays; inflorescence of many heads in flat-topped, dense, branched clusters; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | dry seed with a few hairs from a thick and firm pappus |
| Leaf: | only along the stem, toothless, mostly stalkless, tapering at both ends, 4-6 times as long as wide  |
| Habitat: | moist; meadows, woods, forests |
| (Glossary) |
|
