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Aster puniceus ssp firmus ~ Symphyotrichum puniceum ssp firmus
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Characteristics:
  • OBL
  • Michigan C Value: 4
  • known as smooth swamp aster
  • recognized by some as a subspecies of Aster puniceus.
  • major sedge meadow dominant
  • leaves don't get beigger down the stem
  • pale blue flowers (almost white)
  • few hairs on stems (ALL hairs in straight lines)
  • spreads by rhizomes (colonial)
  • leaves CLASPING stem
  • stem greenish or often purplish
  • can be a BIG bushy plant
  • long creeping rhizomes
  • commonly clumped with A. Puniceus
  • native
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