Symphyotrichum pilosum (Willd.) G.L.Nesom

BOTANICAL
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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Harvard University, Gray Herbarium (GH)
PLANTS OF MASSACHUSETTS
Symphyotrichum pilosum (Willd.) G.L. Nesom
var. pilosum
[= Aster pilosus Willd.]
ASTERACEAE
Shrubby, basally branched herb 6ft tall,
occasional, ray petals white, disk flowers
yellow & becoming red-maroon. Growing in
disturbed loamy soil (Merrimac - urban-land
complex, 0-8% slopes; sandy, mixed, mesic
Typic Dystrudepts), in a weedy, fenced yard
for research plants (although this plant is wild
here), just north of the Harvard University
Herbarium Building at 22 Divinity Avenue.
Cambridge, Middlesex Co. Elev. about 20ft.
42° 22' 45.6"N, 71° 06' 51.0"W. UTM 19
325956E, 4694063N (NAD83/WGS84).
Coll. Doug Goldman #3838
4 October 2006
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