Aster macrophyllus L.

  • Family

    Asteraceae (Magnoliophyta)

  • Scientific Name

    Aster macrophyllus L.

  • Primary Citation

    Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 180. 1906

  • Description

    Description (from Fisher, T. R., 1988): Stems glandular or viscid-glandular in the inflorescence, sometimes with spreading hairs, basal tufts abundant; leaves glabrous to scabrous, hirsute above to more villous beneath, crenate to more often serrate on margins, teeth mucronate, acuminate to obtuse, long-petiolate, cordate, especially the middle and lower; inflorescence corymbiform, bracts few; phyllaries glandular, ciliolate, often with short hairs, imbricate, sharp and acute to blunt; ray flowers pale to rather vivid lilac, or merely purple-tinged.

  • Floras and Monographs

    Aster macrophyllus L.: [Book] Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.