. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 68. Aster depauperatus (Porter) Fernald. Serpentine Aster. Fig. 4349. Aster ericoides pusillus A. Gray, Syn. FL i=: 184. 1884. Xot A. pusillus Horn. Aster ericoides depauperatus Porter, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 323- 1894. Aster depauperatus Fernald, Rhodora 10: 94. 1908. Aster parviceps pusillus Fernald, Rhodora 11: 59. 1909. Glabrous, slender, widely branched, 4'—15
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 68. Aster depauperatus (Porter) Fernald. Serpentine Aster. Fig. 4349. Aster ericoides pusillus A. Gray, Syn. FL i=: 184. 1884. Xot A. pusillus Horn. Aster ericoides depauperatus Porter, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 323- 1894. Aster depauperatus Fernald, Rhodora 10: 94. 1908. Aster parviceps pusillus Fernald, Rhodora 11: 59. 1909. Glabrous, slender, widely branched, 4'—15' high. Basal leaves spatulate or oblanceolate, obtusish, i'-l¥ long, narrowed into petioles; stem leaves linear to linear-subulate, 1' long or less, i"-l" wide, those of the branches minute; heads many, terminating short branchlets; involucre turbinate, about 2" high, its bracts linear-subulate, acute, rays white, about 2" long. On serpentine barrens, southern Pennsylvania and West Virginia. 69. Aster paludosus Ait. Southern Swamp Aster. Fig. 4350. Aster paludosus Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 310. 1789. Heleastrum paludosum DC. Prodr. 5: 264. 1836. Stem roughish, or rough-pubescent, slen- der, simple, or somewhat branched above, l°-2}° high. Leaves linear, entire, glabrous, but margins rough or ciliate, rigid, 2'-6' long, 2"-4" wide, mostly i-nerved, acute, the lower part commonly sheathing the stem; heads few or several, racemose or paniculate, 1J-2' broad; involucre broadly campanulate or hemispheric, its bracts imbricated in about 5 series, foliaceous, ciliate, the outer lanceolate, acute, the inner oblong or spatulate; rays 20-30, deep violet, o'-f long, pappus tawny; achenes 8^10-nerved, glabrous, or nearly so. In swamps, Kansas and Missouri to Texas, east to North Carolina and Florida. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and ap
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