Scientific
Name
Aster novae-angliae
Common
Name
New England aster |
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Life
Cycle: Perennial
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Height:
3 to 7 feet |
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Flower/fruit:
1 to 2 inch bright lavender to purplish blue flower heads clustered
at end of stems, with 40 to 50 narrow petals; yellow center; bracts
are narrow, hairy and sticky; flower stalk has sticky hairs
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Flowering
Season: Late summer into fall
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Foliage:
1.5 to 5 inch lanceolate,
crowded, toothless, heart-shaped leaves; basal lobes clasp the hairy
stout stems |
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Site:
Thickets, fields,
roadsides, meadows, wet spots |
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Comments:
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