Symphyotrichum lateriflorum (L.) A. Löve & D. Löve
Asteraceae
calico aster
Audrey McTaggart
11
2015-09-27
United States, Kentucky, Rowan, Follow Craney Rd. for ~1mi from Paragon/519 HWY intersection. Turn on FS road 1069 & continue for 1.5mi. Forest will open into mowed clearing where plant was collected.
38.072495 -83.394429
38.072495, -83.394429
Open field within the DBNF. Plant located near small, ephemeral stream.
christmas fern, tall ironweed, Eupatorium spp.
bushy, erect clump ~1.5 ft. tall/ pubescent stem & leaves/ upper stems ending in racemes with small, white flowers/ ray florets white, disk florets either yellow, purple, or cream colored