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Know Your Natives – White Oldfield Aster

Posted on November 3, 2016 by

White oldfield aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum), formerly Aster pilosus, a herbaceous perennial of the Aster (Asteraceae) family, occurs from Texas to South Dakota and Minnesota thence to the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts.  In Arkansas, this aster occurs statewide and is one of … Continue reading →

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Know Your Natives – Asters

Posted on November 9, 2014 by

Featuring Manyray, Late Purple and Fragrant Asters Twenty-two species of asters (in the New World genus Symphyotrichum) occur in Arkansas (four other species also formerly treated in the genus Aster are now in the genera Doellingeria, Eurybia and Ionactis).  Asters, in … Continue reading →

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