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Photographer: Robert Bierman
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Family Asteraceae
Boltonia asteroides (L.) L'Hér. var. recognita (Fernald & Griscom) Cronquist
false aster, white doll's-daisy
Boltonia: for James Bolton, English botanist of the 18th century
asteroides: resembling the aster
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | perennial, 2'-4' tall forb |
| Flower: | disk up to 1/3" wide, many white to pink rays 1/3" - 1/2" long, bracts (phyllaries) usually linear; inflorescence with up to 25 heads in branched, roundish-topped clusters; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | dry seed with a winged margin |
| Leaf: | widely linear to lance-like, getting smaller toward the top |
| Habitat: | full to partial sun; dry to wet; in sandy, loamy soil |
| (Glossary) |
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 L'Hér. var. recognita (Fernald @ Griscom) Cronquist&phog=Botanical Illustration&spcode=BOLASTvREC)
