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Symphyotrichum novae angliae ~ New England aster

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Characteristics:

• FACW

• Michigan C Value: 3

• also known as Aster novae angliae

• very showy

• rich purple flower (can be pink in SW Michigan)

• glands on hairs of inflorescence with expanded heads

• leaves are lance–shaped and clasping the stem, with no teeth

• soft hairs on stems with "sticky" glands

• hairy but not bristly

• aromatic

• clump–forming

• stout stem is bristly/hairy

• heads up to 5.08cm wide

• 40 to 50 rays per head

• 2.44m high

• damp fields and mesic meadows

• can be somewhat weedy

• native