A Digital Flora
of Newfoundland and Labrador
Vascular Plants



Family Asteraceae
Genus Symphyotrichum: Asters









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Page created February 22, 2006
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Symphyotrichum boreale
Symphyotrichum ciliolatum
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii var. novi-belgii
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii var. novi-belgii [white form]
Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum
Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum [white form]
Symphyotrichum ×subgeminatum
Symphyotrichum tradescantii





Symphyotrichum boreale (Torrey & A. Gray) Á. Löve & D. Löve  -  Northern Bog Aster - [NF - RARE]
Wild Cove Brook, near Corner Brook, Newfoundland. Rich fen. August 7, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]
Flower Head
Flower Head
Flower Heads
Flower Heads
Flower Head, Side
Flower Heads, Side
Flower Heads, Side
Inflorescence and Upper Leaves
Leafy Stem
Whole Plant

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Symphyotrichum ciliolatum (Lindley) Á. Löve & D. Löve  -  Lindley's Aster, Fringed Blue Aster - [NF - RARE]
Table Mountain, near Stephenville, Newfoundland. Alpine barrens. Limestone. July 8, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]
Leaves
Leaves
Leaves
Leaves
Leaves
Leaves
Leaves
Whole Non-Flowering Plant
Whole Non-Flowering Plant
Whole Non-Flowering Plant
Romaines River, Kippens, Newfoundland. Birch-spruce forest, upstream. September 11, 2000. [Transparencies - Nathalie Djan-Ch�kar]
Flower Heads and Leaves
Whole Plant
Whole Plants

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Symphyotrichum novi-belgii (Linnaeus) G.L. Nesom var. novi-belgii  -  New York Aster - [NF, LAB]
Spaniards Bay, Newfoundland. Below "The Gorge". Edge of river. August 22, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]
Leaf, Closeup
Whitbourne, Newfoundland. Second Pond, south of Junction Pond. Pond edge. August 27, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]
Flower Head
Flower Head
Flower Head, Side View
Phyllaries, Closeup
South River, Clarke's Beach, Newfoundland. River mouth. Damp shore. September 8, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]
Flower Head
Flower Head, Fading
Leaves
Pouch Cove to Shoe Cove section of the East Coast Trail, Newfoundland. Old cultivated field. September 15, 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]
Closeup of Flower Head
Closeup of Flower Head
Closeup of Flower Head
Closeup of Flower Head
Whole Plant

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Symphyotrichum novi-belgii (Linnaeus) G.L. Nesom var. novi-belgii [white form]  -  New York Aster - [NF, LAB]
Whitbourne, Newfoundland. Second Pond, south of Junction Pond. Pond edge. August 27, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]
Flowering Head
Flowering Head
Flowering Head
Flowering Head
Flowering Head
Opening Flower Head
Opening Flower Heads
Head, Phyllaries Only
Flowering Branch
Opening Flower Head
Opening Flower Head
St. Alban's, Newfoundland. Beach. September 12, 2010. [Digital - John Maunder]
Flower Head
Flower Heads
Flower Heads
Flower Heads
Inflorescence
Plants in Habitat

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Symphyotrichum puniceum (Linnaeus) Á. Löve & D. Löve var. puniceum  -  Purplestem Aster - [NF, LAB]
Cheeseman Provincial Park, near Port aux Basques, Newfoundland. Edge of Barachois River. July 31, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]
Flower Head, Closeup
Flower Heads
Flower Heads, Side View
Flower Head, Unfolding
Flowering Stems
Flowering Stems
Flowering Stems
Flowering Stems
Stem Leaves
Whole Plant
Whole Plants
Whole Plants, in Habitat
Torbay, Newfoundland. Gallows Cove Trail. Wet stream edge. August 13, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]
Flowering Head
Flowering Head, Side View
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Stem
Stem
Leaf
Whole Plants
Doctor's Brook, Newfoundland. August 14, 2005. [Digital - Claudia Hanel]
Flower Head, Closeup
Flower Heads
Flower Heads
St. John's, Newfoundland. Major's Path area. Johnson Family Trail north of Arterial Road. Open, wet area. September 2, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]
Flowering Stem
Cape Spear, Newfoundland. Coastal Heath. Sept 8, 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]
Closeup of Flower Head
Pouch Cove to Shoe Cove section of the East Coast Trail, Newfoundland. Old cultivated field. September 21, 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]
Closeup of Flower Head
Closeup of Flower Head, with flies

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Symphyotrichum puniceum (Linnaeus) Á. Löve & D. Löve var. puniceum [white form]  -  Purplestem Aster - [NF, LAB]
St. John's, Newfoundland. Major's Path area. Johnson Family Trail north of Arterial Road. Open, wet area. September 2, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]
Flower Head, Closeup
Flower Head
Flower Head
Flower Head
Flower Heads
Flower Head, Side View
Flower Head, Side View
Flower Head, Side View
Leaf
Plants in Habitat - blue and white
Plants in Habitat - blue and white

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Symphyotrichum cf. ×subgeminatum (Fernald) G. L. Nesom [Symphyotrichum ciliolatum × Symphyotrichum novi-belgii var. novi-belgii]  -  Hybrid Aster - [NF - RARE]
Romaines Brook, Newfoundland. Edge of steady in wooded river floodplain. August 1, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]
Flower Head, Closeup
Flower Head
Flower Head
Flower Head
Flower Head
Flower Head, Side View
Flower Head, Side View
Flower Head, 3/4 View
Partial Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Stem, Closeup
Stem, Flower Head, and Axil
Stem, Flower Head, and Axil
Stem and Axil
Stem and Axil
Stem Leaves
Lower Stem Leaves
Lower Stem Leaves
Whole Plant
Whole Plant, In Habitat
Habitat
Habitat, Wider View

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Symphyotrichum tradescantii (Linnaeus) G. L. Nesom  -  Tradescant's Aster - [NF - RARE]
Bottom Brook, Head of Bay St. George, Newfoundland. Edge of large steady. July 11, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]
Buds, Closeup
Buds
Buds
Buds and Stem Leaves
Stem Leaves
Whole Plant, Mostly Submerged
Bottom Brook, Head of Bay St. George, Newfoundland. Edge of large steady. July 21, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]
Flower
Flower
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plants
Whole Plants
Whole Plants, in Habitat

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