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shining aster

Symphyotrichum firmum

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 50, February 51, March 81, April 159, May 305, June 143, July 108, August 97, September 166, October 84, November 52, December 47.
United States1,561
Canada1,316
Ontario1,279
Michigan623
Wisconsin195
New York96
Minnesota81
Illinois78
Ohio56
Indiana43

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

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

Sources

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

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