What plant is that?
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Left and center photos: © Francis R. Underwood 2018
Right photo: ©David G. Smith, http://www.delawarewildflowers.org
This plant is a perennial with rigid, linear, entire leaves . It grows in clumps of several stems or sometimes as a single stem. The flowers have 10-20 violet colored rays and the center of the flower (disc) is yellow and sometimes anthocyanic. This plant grows in dry sandy soil. It grows to a height of 12-30” tall and blooms from late August to October.
It’s. . .
Botanical Name: |
Ionactis linariifolius |
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Common Name: |
Stiff Leaved Aster | |
Family: |
Asteraceae (Aster Family) | |
Habitat: |
Sandy soil, open woods |