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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Asteraceae
Aster novae-angliae L.
New England aster
Aster: from the Greek aster, "a star," describing the radiate heads of the flowers
novae-angliae: of New England
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | stiffly erect, perennial, 1'-7' tall forb with clustered stems |
| Flower: | head 3/4"-1 1/2" wide with 45-100 purple to rose rays, disk orange; inflorescence of a few to many heads in leafy, short clusters; blooms Aug.-Oct., our latest flowering aster |
| Fruit: | dry seed with dense, fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | mostly along the stem, dense, usually entire, strongly clasping, mostly broadly-oblong to lance-like |
| Habitat: | full to partial sun; moderate moisture to moist; meadows, prairies; in sandy, loamy soil |
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