Nature By NameSign inCreate an account

Plants › Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies

Great Northern Aster

Canadanthus modestus

Learn Great Northern Aster freeHow it works
Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) eloraa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

See all photosAdd a photo

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 22, February 21, March 32, April 38, May 58, June 51, July 40, August 87, September 36, October 25, November 20, December 20.
United States923
Canada912
British Columbia396
Washington287
Oregon273
Idaho208
Ontario164
Alberta148
Nunavut114
Minnesota51

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Wetland-associatedListed by a harvested source as obligate or frequent in wetland habitat.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
Genusgreat northern asters · Canadanthus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Great Northern Aster with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

Create a free accountHow it works