AROMATIC ASTER
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Symphyotrichum oblongifolium (Nutt. ) G.L. Nesom
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| [=Aster oblongifolius Nutt.] |
| Pottawatomie County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 6-18 inches |
| Family: Asteraceae - Sunflower Family |
| Flowering Period: September,October |
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| Stems: | | Erect, usually much branched, brittle, variable pubescence. | | Leaves: | | Lowermost leaves often absent at flowering; stem leaves persistent, alternate, simple, sessile to clasping, numerous, oblong to linear-lanceolate, .5 to 3 inches long, to .5 inch wide, sparsely hairy or glabrous; margins entire, stiff hairy; uppermost leaves reduced to small linear bracts. | | Inflorescences: | | Panicles, terminal; heads few to many, .75 to 1.25 inch wide; bracts glandular, tips long, green, loose or spreading. | | Flowers: | | Ray florets approximately 30, bluish purple; disk florets yellow, age to reddish purple. | | Fruits: | | Achenes, flat, hairy, tipped with yellowish white bristles, enclosing small seed. | | Habitat: | | Dry, rocky or sandy open sites, often on hillsides. | | Distribution: | | Throughout except southwest corner of Kansas. | | Comments: | | Aromatic aster arises from creeping rhizomes. | | | | It is often found with silky aster (Symphyotrichum sericeum). |
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| | Aromatic aster heads |  | | 99 KB | | Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Chase County, Kansas |
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