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Aster lateriflorus ~ Symphyotrichum lateriflorum ~ side flowering aster

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Characteristics:
  • FACW-
  • Michigan C Value: 2
  • also known as "calico aster"
  • leaves rough above, midvein is rough-hairy
  • very tiny hairs on underside of mid-vein, rest of leaf hairless
  • central axis is bent and stems at right angles (shape similar to goldenrod)
  • lateral branches densely flowered, spirally arranged
  • purple disk (turns from yellow to purple one day after flowering)
  • branches almost at 90 degree angle from main stem
  • main stem arching - central axis not upright
  • underside of leaf blade hairless (except for mid-vein)
  • no rhizomes (single clumps, not spreading)
  • forms basal rosettes
  • tolerates sun and shade
  • fields and meadows
  • common
  • native
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