. 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. COMPOSITAE. Vol. III. 52. Aster turbinellus Lindl. Prairie Aster. Fig. 4333. A. turbinellus Lindl. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1: 98. 1835. Stem slender, paniculately branched, glabrous below, puberulent above, 2°-3° high. Leaves firm, lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate, entire, ciliate, acute or acuminate, a'-3' long, the lower and basal ones petioled, the upper sessile, th
. 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. COMPOSITAE. Vol. III. 52. Aster turbinellus Lindl. Prairie Aster. Fig. 4333. A. turbinellus Lindl. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1: 98. 1835. Stem slender, paniculately branched, glabrous below, puberulent above, 2°-3° high. Leaves firm, lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate, entire, ciliate, acute or acuminate, a'-3' long, the lower and basal ones petioled, the upper sessile, those of the branches much smaller; heads about 1' broad, mostly solitary at the ends of the branches; in- volucre turbinate, its bracts oblong, coriaceous, obtuse, appressed, imbricated in 5 or 6 series, their tips green only at the apex; rays 10-20, 3"-5" long, violet; pappus tawny; achenes finely pubescent. In dry soil, especially on prairies, Illinois to Mis- souri, Nebraska, Kansas, Louisiana and Arkansas. 53. Aster lateriflorus (L.) Britton. Starved Aster. Calico Aster. Fig. 4334. Solidago laterifloraiL. Sp. PI. 879. 1753. Aster diffusus Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 205. 1789. Aster miser Nutt. Gen. 2: 158. 1818. A. lateriflorus Britton, Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 9 : 10. 1889. Stem puberulent, or nearly glabrous, slender, diver- gently branched, i°-5° high. Basal leaves ovate, slen- der-petioled; stem leaves broadly lanceolate or oblong- lanceolate, mostly acuminate, serrate, 2'-$' long, 6"-i2" wide, those of the branches smaller, oblong or linear- oblong; heads 3"-s" broad, racemosely unilateral on the branches, short-peduncled or sessile, usually nu- merous and crowded; involucre turbinate, its bracts linear-oblong, obtuse or acutish, imbricated in about 4 series, their short green tips appressed or slightly spreading; rays numerous, short, white or pale purple; disk-flowers purple; pappus white; achenes minutely pubescent. In dry or moist
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