Genus: Symphyotrichum — american-aster
Although there are a lot of species in the genus Symphyotrichum in New England, most are easy to identify. You will need to study the involucral bracts and disk flowers with a hand lens using high magnification. Species in this genus were formerly treated within the genus Aster.
Family
This genus’s species in New England
- Symphyotrichum anticostense
- Symphyotrichum boreale
- Symphyotrichum ciliatum
- Symphyotrichum ciliolatum
- Symphyotrichum concolor
- Symphyotrichum cordifolium
- Symphyotrichum dumosum
- Symphyotrichum ericoides
- Symphyotrichum frondosum
- Symphyotrichum laeve
- Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
- Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Symphyotrichum lowrieanum
- Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
- Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
- Symphyotrichum ontarionis
- Symphyotrichum patens
- Symphyotrichum pilosum
- Symphyotrichum praealtum
- Symphyotrichum prenanthoides
- Symphyotrichum puniceum
- Symphyotrichum racemosum
- Symphyotrichum subulatum
- Symphyotrichum tenuifolium
- Symphyotrichum tradescantii
- Symphyotrichum undulatum
- Symphyotrichum urophyllum
Visit this genus in the Dichotomous Key