. A manual of weeds : with descriptions of all the most pernicious and troublesome plants in the United States and Canada, their habits of growth and distribution, with methods of control . Weeds. 428 COMPOSITAE (COMPOSITE FAMILY) BUSHY ASTER Boltbnia asteroides, L'Her. Native. Perennial. Propagates by seeds. Time of bloom: Late July to October. Seed-time: September to November. Range: New Jersey to Minnesota, southward to Florida, Louisiana, and Nebraska. Habitat: Moist soil; low meadows, banks of streams, and ditches. The common name of this plant fits it well, for it has all the appearance
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. A manual of weeds : with descriptions of all the most pernicious and troublesome plants in the United States and Canada, their habits of growth and distribution, with methods of control . Weeds. 428 COMPOSITAE (COMPOSITE FAMILY) BUSHY ASTER Boltbnia asteroides, L'Her. Native. Perennial. Propagates by seeds. Time of bloom: Late July to October. Seed-time: September to November. Range: New Jersey to Minnesota, southward to Florida, Louisiana, and Nebraska. Habitat: Moist soil; low meadows, banks of streams, and ditches. The common name of this plant fits it well, for it has all the appearance of a big and bushy Aster and is nearly akin to that Family. Stem two to six feet tall, stout, smooth, pale green, much branched, and very leafy. Leaves alternate, the lower ones oblong to lance-shaped or slightly broad- ened above the middle, thick, smooth, entire, pointed, sessile, often turned edge- wise ; upper leaves much smaller, acute, and nearly linear. Heads numerous, in loosely branched corymbose clusters, each about a half-inch broad, with many nar- row pistillate, and fertile rays, white, pale pink, or purplish, mostly the last. Disk rounded and yellow, the florets per- fect and fertile. Achenes flattened, obo- vate or heart-shaped, winged on the margin, and, instead of an Aster's hairy pappus, are crowned with several short, prickly scales and two to four bristly awns about as long as the achene. (Fig. 298.). Fig. 298. — Bushy Aster (Boltoniaasteroides). X $. Means of control Ground infested with this weed indicates a need of better drain- age. Prevent seed production by dose cutting while in early bloom. Cultivation of the soil destroys the perennial roots.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Georgia, Ada Eljiva, 1859-1921. New York : Macmillan