Upland White Aster

(Oligoneuron album)

 

Color photograph: Homer D. House. 1918. Wildflowers of New York.

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Upland White Aster (Oligoneuron album)

Identification: Flowers with white ray florets and yellow disk florets. Flowers arranged in a flat-topped cluster. Leaves grasslike, rigid, and shiny. Plant 2 to 6 feet in height.

Distribution: Southern Canada, southward in the east to Georgia and the west to Colorado.

Habitat: Rocky soil and on sand.

Flowering period: June to September.

Comments: This species is often referred to as Aster ptarmicoides.

Upland White Aster (Oligoneuron album)

Similar Species:

Flat-topped White Aster (Doellingeria umbellata)

Also see Pictorial Comparison to White Asters with Grass-like Leaves.

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