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Aster

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family

Annual Aster Aster subulatus

White flower is tented with purple, 1/4" to 1/2" wide.  Slender green stems can be upright or sprawling to several feet.  Old growth is woody and survives lawn mowing.   Leaves are blade-like and vary greatly in length.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, September & October 2004, October 2005

(Native of Texas)

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Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family

Side-flower Aster (Calico, Starved Aster, White Woodland Aster) Aster lateriflorus

Clustered white aster with large center.  Ray petals can be pink.  Lanceolate leaves up to 6" long.  Grows 2-3 feet tall.  Blooms September-October.

Photos taken in Van Zandt County, Texas, November 2006

(Native of Texas)

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family

Heath Aster (White Heath Aster) Symphyotrichum ericoides (Aster ericoides)

Flower is 1/2" wide, white or pink (not mixed).  Blunt bracts stand out along along the peduncle (flower stem).  It grows in mounding colonies that reach 3 feet tall.  Leaves are small.  This plant will put on flowers even in a drought.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, September 2004

(Native of Texas)

Similar Species

Panicle Aster Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (Aster lanceolatus, Aster simplex)

White flower, in clumps.  Large lanceolate leaves.

(Native of Texas)

Willowleaf Aster Symphyotrichum praealtum (Aster praealtum)

Purple flower, in clumps.  Large lanceolate leaves.

(Native of Texas)

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family

Babywhite Aster (Rose Heath, Baby Aster) Chaetopappa ericoides (Leucelene ericoides)

Flower about 1/2" wide.  Stems are covered in short thin leaves.  Plant grows about 7" tall in tight bunches.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2005

(Native of Texas)

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