Delaware Wildflowers • Common names
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliaeAsteraceae — Aster family
Native

September 2008

The backyard
November 2011

Outdoors, these flowers attract a lot of bees.

This flower opened indoors, untrampled by bees.

Another flower that opened indoors. Technically, not a single flower, but an inflorescence consisting of many flowers, of two types. For a detailed description, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteraceae#Flowers.
The backyardOctober 2013


DE 273
October 2015
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Photos copyright David G. Smith
Information from the Delaware Flora Checklist used with author's permission.