Question: Good afternoon Dr. The aster which I had question about, finally bloomed. My original question was to identify the species …
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Good afternoon Dr. The aster which I had question about, finally bloomed. My original question was to identify the species of Symphyotrichum. The stem leaves had unusual marginal teeth. The photos are of the flower and phyllaries.
Answer
califyank, those capitula look like they belong to Symphyotrichum cordifolium (heart-leaved American-aster). It is the most common species that shows anthocyanic coloration on the involucral bracts. I don't recall now what the leaf blades looked like, so I don't have all the information together on this species. Perhaps you could send me images of leaves and capitula to ahaines[at]newenglandwild.org so I can see them all at once and give you a more definitive answer.
