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Doellingeria umbellata ~ Aster umbellatus ~ flat topped aster

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Characteristics:

• FACW

• Michigan C Value: 5

• also known as Aster umbellatus and "flat topped white aster"

• umbelled/flat–topped aster

• large white flower heads, yellow disks

• rays irregular (gapped–toothed)

• few rays per head

• "gap–toothed", non–uniformly spaced, sparse rays

• leaves are predominately reticulate–veined, especially on underside

• stout stems and thick, toothless leaves

• no leaf stalk

• stem is somewhat hairy

• leaf veinsdo not go to edge of leaf, they turn and go up to top, forming a point

• rhizomes are colony–forming

• swamp forests, fens, bogs, wet meadows, and wet prairies

• fairly tolerant of dry soils, especially in North

• wetter in Southern Michigan

• native