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 prenanthoides
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphyotrichum prenanthoides
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-47-022:
Aster prenanthoides
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Crooked-stemmed Aster, Zigzag Aster
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_aspr4_001_lvd
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Leaves taper to a long winged petiole-like base w clasping auricular lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Stem zigzags, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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Disc florets cream-colored or light yellow becoming purple or brown, per Flora of North America.
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The 1" heads have 20-35 blue or lavender rays, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Long-pointed ovate-lanceolate sharply toothed blades taper below the middle, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.