South Sisters Knob, McCowan Spring, Bath County, VA
South Sisters Knob, McCowan Spring, Bath County, VA
South Sisters Knob, McCowan Spring, Bath County, VA
(showing phyllaries)
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Family: Asteraceae (Aster / Sunflower family)
Mid-Atlantic bloom time: late August - September
Millboro Aster grows in shale barrens, shale woodlands, and prairie-like openings within them, and on calcareous sandstone capping a shale ridge. It is apparently endemic only to the western Virginia counties of Bath and Rockbridge. The tips of its phyllaries are squarrose with narrow, green central bands.
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21 September 2024
South Sisters Knob, McCowan Spring, Bath County, VA
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21 September 2024
South Sisters Knob, McCowan Spring, Bath County, VA
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21 September 2024
South Sisters Knob, McCowan Spring, Bath County, VA (showing phyllaries)
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