Aster exilis Elliott

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Asteraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Aster exilis Elliott

  • Description

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    Species Description - Annual, glabrous, somewhat fleshy, erect, 3-12 dm. high, usually much branched, the branches slender. Stem-leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, 2-10 cm. long, entire, acute, sessile or nearly so, 2-5 mm. wide, those of the branches subulate, 2-10 mm. long, ihe basal ones oblong-lanceolate, petioled; heads usually many, loosely panicled; involucre 5-6 mm. high, its linear-subulate, appressed bracts imbricated in 3 or 4 series; rays several, 2-4 mm. long, purplish or white, longer than the pappus; achenes pubescent.

  • Distribution

    Wet grounds, Andros: southeastern United Slates; Cuba. Slim Aster.

    Andros Island Bahamas South America| Cuba South America|