Rush Aster

(Symphyotrichum boreale)

 

Color Photograph: Midwestern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation Service, Midwest National Technical Center.

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

 

Rush Aster (Symphyotrichum boreale)

Identification: Flowers with ray florets white, pale blue, or lavender. Leaves grasslike, arrayed around the single, slender stem. Flower stalks nearly vertical. Plant 1 to 3 feet in height.

Distribution: Throughout Canada and the northern United States from Washington to New England, southward to Illinois, West Virginia, and Colorado.

Habitat: Swamps, shores of rivers, ponds, and lakes, and cold bogs.

Flowering period: June to September.

Comments: This species is sometimes referred to as Aster junciformis.

Rush Aster (Symphyotrichum boreale)

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See:  Pictorial Comparison of Violet Asters with thin, narrow Leaves.

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