Aster praealtus ~ Symphyotrichum praealtum ~ willow aster

• FACW
• Michigan C Value: 6, SC
• rare
• also known as "willow^leaved aster"
• vaguely like a bushy A. lanceolatus
• very late^flowering (last to bloom in Michigan)
• small, light blue to almost white flowers
• long, narrow, non^clasping leaves
• slight roundness on stem
• distinct net Veination on back of leaves, similar to A. Umbellatus
• found mostly in moist lakeplain prairie of SE Michigan
• localized
• native

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