Scientific Name
Chrysopsis mariana

Common Name
Maryland aster

Life Cycle: Perennial

Height: 1 to 2 feet
Flower/fruit: Cluster of 1 inch flower heads; yellow petals and yellow center; petals narrow at each end; sticky bracts below petals
Flowering Season: Late summer into fall
Foliage: 1 to 2 inch, bright green, stalkless, oblong to lanceolate leaves; lower leaves are larger, broadest above the middle and taper at the base; stout stems; young plants have soft, fine hairs on stems
Site: Old fields, woods, roadsides
Comments: Not a true aster
 
 

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