Our Native Asters
A keystone species almost everywhere in the US
When European settlers arrived in America, among the plants they found here were our beautiful violet-blue New England asters (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) and New York asters (Symphyotrichum novi-belgii). They called them Michaelmas daisies after the Christian holiday celebrating St. Michael the Archangel, which falls on September 29. These native ast…
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