Question: Hi, I just submitted this as a sighting. But anyway, I tried to ID some aster I found growing in …
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Hi, I just submitted this as a sighting. But anyway, I tried to ID some aster I found growing in my wetlands last September and discovered it may be a rarer type of aster "Symphyotrichum prenanthoides" maybe? I'm looking to get confirmation on the species. Thank you!
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Dear ktbee99, I don't know where these images were taken, and if they are from outside New England, there may be other American-asters that I am unfamiliar with. But, assuming this plant was growing in the northeast, it looks like Symphyotrichum puniceum (purple-stemmed American-aster). The elongate involucral bracts (the green structures below the ray flowers) are diagnostic for this species, among other features I can view in the photographs. I hope this is helpful.
