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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Asteraceae
Aster ericoides L.
heath aster, squarrose white aster, white prairie aster
Aster: from the Greek aster, "a star," describing the radiate heads of the flowers
ericoides: resembling Erica or heath
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 6"-36" tall, hairy forb; colony-forming, creeping rhizomes |
| Flower: | head 1/2"-1" wide with 8-20 white rays; inflorescence a dense cluster of many heads mostly on one side of curving, widely-spaced branches; blooms Aug.-Oct. |
| Fruit: | dry seed with lines of hairs |
| Leaf: | many, linear, less than 1/4" wide, stalkless |
| Habitat: | full sun; dry to moderate moisture; meadows, prairies; in sandy, loamy soil |
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