92 Aster linariifolius.
point. Branches beginning near the top, very numerous. Leaves very
small, sharp-pointed, close together, and also very erect, often concealing
the branches entirely. Ray flowers of a pale campanula-purple.
Disk florets yellow. Pappus abundant. Grows on dry sandy soils,
on the edges of woods, throughout the Union, flowering in October.
This very beautiful species of the numerous genus Aster I have
here figured that a doubt may be removed whether it be the A. linariifolius
of Michaux.
The table represents the upper portion of the size of nature.
