. 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. 424 COMPOSITAE. Vol. 46. Aster grandiflorus L. Large- flowered Aster. Fig. 4327. Aster grandiflorus L. Sp. PI. 877. 1753- Stem rather stiff, divaricately much branched, hispid with short hairs, i°-al° high. Leaves oblong, linear, or somewhat spatulate, rigid, sessile by a broad, sometimes slightly clasping base, reflexed, entire, obtusish, hispid, the lar
. 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. 424 COMPOSITAE. Vol. 46. Aster grandiflorus L. Large- flowered Aster. Fig. 4327. Aster grandiflorus L. Sp. PI. 877. 1753- Stem rather stiff, divaricately much branched, hispid with short hairs, i°-al° high. Leaves oblong, linear, or somewhat spatulate, rigid, sessile by a broad, sometimes slightly clasping base, reflexed, entire, obtusish, hispid, the larger 2' long and 4" wide, those of the branches very numerous, 2"-$" long; heads about 2' broad, terminating the branches; involucre hemispheric, its bracts very squarrose and foliaceous, imbricated in 5-7 series, linear, or linear-oblong, glandular, the outer obtusish, the inner acute; rays very numerous, deep violet, nearly 1' long, ii" wide; pappus brown- ish; achenes ribbed, canescent. In dry soil, Virginia, east of the mountains, to Florida. Sept. 47. Aster spectabilis Ait. Low showy Aster. Seaside Purple Aster. Fig. 4328. Aster spectabilis Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 209. 1789. Stem stiff, simple, or corymbosely branched above, puberulent, or rough below, more or less glandular above, i°-2° high. Leaves firm, thickish, the basal and lower ones oval, acute or acutish, 3'-s' long, l'-ii' wide, sparingly dentate with low teeth, narrowed at the base into slender petioles; upper leaves sessile, en- tire or very nearly so, acute, linear-oblong; heads several or numerous, about ii' broad, corymbose, very showy; involucre nearly hemi- spheric, its bracts linear-oblong or slightly spatulate, glandular, viscid, imbricated in about 5 series, their green obtusish tips spreading; rays 15-30, bright violet, 6"-io" long; pappus whitish; achenes slightly pubescent. In dry sandy soil, Massachusetts to Delaware, mostly near the coast. Please note that the
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