Scientific Name
Aster lateriflorus

Common Name
Calico aster; Starved aster

Life Cycle: Perennial

Height: 1 to 5 feet
Flower/fruit: Several small flower heads with white or pale purple petals; yellow or purple disk; located on one side of straggly, divergent branches; bracts have a prominent midrib
Flowering Season: Fall
Foliage: 2 to 6 inch lanceolate to elliptical, coarsely toothed leaves
Site: Fields, thickets, open woods, roadsides
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