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Test-drive A Teaching Key to Asters.
You may also want to look at The Connecticut Botanical Society's guide to New England asters
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-47-017:
Aster novae-angliae
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
New England Aster
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_asno_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120815_805
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Well over 50 ray flowers in each 1-2" head; their color is intense, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm120815_808
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm120815_812
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves entire, lanceolate, pointed lobes at base conspicuously clasping stem, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm0109a_02
September Buncombe County NC
NC Arboretum
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JK Marlow jkm090924_035
September Hancock County ME
Acadia National Park: Wild Gardens of Acadia
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JK Marlow jkm090924_037
September Hancock County ME
Acadia National Park: Wild Gardens of Acadia
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_novae_angliae_2
September
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_novae_angliae
October
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_novae_angliae_3
October