PANICLED ASTER
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Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (Willd. ) G.L. Nesom
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| [=Aster simplex Willd.] |
| Morris County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 2-6 feet |
| Family: Asteraceae - Sunflower Family |
| Flowering Period: August, September,October |
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| Also Called: | | Tall white aster. | | Stems: | | Erect, stout, 1 to several, branched above, lines of hairs extending downward from upper nodes. | | Leaves: | | Alternate, simple, mostly sessile, linear to lanceolate, 3 to 6 inches long, to 1.5 inch wide, thin, usually glabrous; margins toothed or sometimes entire; tips pointed; lower leaves often absent at flowering; upper leaves reduced. | | Inflorescences: | | Panicle-like clusters, elongate, leafy; heads numerous, terminal, about 3/4 inch wide. | | Flowers: | | Bracts narrowly linear-lanceolate, overlapping; margins whitish; tips green; ray florets 25-35, about 1/4 inch long, white or rarely pinkish lavender; disk florets yellow, becoming reddish purple with age. | | Fruits: | | Achenes, tiny, hairy, tipped with numerous white hair-like bristles, enclosing small seed. | | Habitat: | | Moist or damp prairies, meadows, low areas, and roadsides. | | Distribution: | | East 4/5 of Kansas. | | Comments: | | Panicled aster often forms colonies via rhizomes. |
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