Sunday, September 13, 2015

Flat-topped White Aster


Flat-topped aster (Doellingeria umbellata), shown here in a couple Indiana locations.  The first photo, above, is along the trail at Fisher Oak Savanna, Newton County, August 12, 2015.  The second photo, below, is along the trail at Great Marsh, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Porter County.


Link to Doellingeria umbellata:

Link to Doellingeria umbellata:

Link to Great Marsh at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore:

Most North American asters have been reclassified under the genus Symphyotrichum, this species of aster has been put into the genus Doellingeria.

Link to Flora of North America treatment of the genus Doellingeria:

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