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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Asteraceae
Aster shortii Lindl.
Midwestern blue heart-leaved aster, Short's aster
Aster: from the Greek aster, "a star," describing the radiate heads of the flowers
shortii: for Charles Wilkins Short (1794-1863)
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-4' tall forb |
| Flower: | head 1"-1 1/2" wide with 10-20 blue rays, bracts (phyllaries) tight; inflorescence loose, branched, sometimes-arching cluster of heads with many leaf-like bracts |
| Leaf: | usually toothless, lance-like to narrowly-oval, top not rough, stalk not winged, lower leaves mostly with a heart-shaped base  |
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