Chrysopsis mariana

Maryland golden-aster
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Chrysopsis
Species: C. mariana
Binomial name
Chrysopsis mariana
(L.) Elliott

Chrysopsis mariana, known as the Maryland golden-aster, is a plant in the Chrysopsis genus. The Maryland golden-aster ranges from south Ohio to Pennsylvania and Long Island, New York, and the Soldiers Delight Natural Environmental Area in Maryland. Compared to other asters, the Maryland golden-aster has broader leaves and larger flowers. Because of its silky stems, the Maryland golden-asters are also known as silkgrass. Like its relatives the Prairie golden-aster and the Grass-leaved golden-aster, the Maryland golden-aster blooms only from August to October. The Maryland golden-aster grows one to two feet tall.[1]

References

  1. Peterson, Roger T.; Margaret Mckenny (1984). Northeastern Wildflowers. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 108.

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