Aster tataricus L.f.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Asteraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Coarse, rough-hairy plants, 5–20 dm from a stout caudex; lower lvs long-petiolate, with large, elliptic, conspicuously toothed blade 8–40 × 2.5–15 cm, the middle and upper smaller, sessile or nearly so, and mostly entire; infl corymbiform, flat-topped; invol 7–10 mm, strigose-puberulent or subglabrous, its bracts not much imbricate, the larger ones mostly 1–2 mm wide; rays 15–20, purple or blue, 1–2 cm; 2n=54. Native of s. Siberia, casually escaped from cult. in e. U.S.
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Common Names
Tatarian aster