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New England Aster

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

Photo by AaronS.Young
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Description:

Long purple petals with a golden-yellow or brown center. Many flowers on a stalk and multiple stalks per plant. Leaves arranged alternately up stalk, fuzzy.

Habitat:

Common in open fields, usually old successional fields.

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Flowers of North America
Plants of Pennsylvania
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Wildlife of Northeastern USA
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2013

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