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Photographer: Scott Namestnik
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Family Asteraceae
Aster modestus Lindl.
great northern bog aster, great western bog aster,northwestern sticky aster
Aster: from the Greek aster, "a star," describing the radiate heads of the flowers
modestus: modest or mild
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-3' tall forb; stem usually single and more or less densely hairy; colony-forming rhizomes |
| Flower: | head 3/4"-2" wide with 20-40 pale to dark purple rays, disk whitish to pale yellow turning purple; phyllaries often with puplish tips; inflorescence irregularly flat-topped with 2-40 heads in panicle- or corycomb-like clusters; blooms late summer to early fall |
| Leaf: | stem leaves alternate, thin, lance-like, stalkless to slightly clasping; lower leaves scale-like, dying when plant is in flower |
| Habitat: | wet, cold; bogs, open fields, woodlands, shores, cedar swamps, alder thickets |
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