Canadanthus modestus - Great Northern Aster
- Family: Asteraceae (Aster) [E-Flora]
- Other Names: Modest Aster, Western Bog Aster. (Wikipedia)
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Synonyms
- Aster modestus Lindl. (Wikipedia)
General: Herbaceous perennial from creeping rhizomes. (Burke Herbarium)
Lifecycle: Perennial. (Burke Herbarium)
Flowers: Several flower heads with pink or purple ray florets and white or yellow disc florets. (Wikipedia)
Fruits: Achenes sparsely hairy. (Burke Herbarium)
Leaves: Lanceolate, thin, pointed, 5-13 cm long and 1-4 cm wide, entire or remotely few-toothed, sessile and clasping. (Burke Herbarium)
Habitat: Moist woodland thickets and stream banks. (NWT Species Search)
Range: Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in mountainous areas of Washington; Yukon Territory to Oregon, east to the northern Great Plains and Great Lakes region. (Burke Herbarium)
Status: Native. (Burke Herbarium)
Possible Lookalikes: Resembles New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae), which has more ray flowers and a golden yellow disk. (Minnesota Wildflowers)
Management and Control
Grows best in moist to normal conditions with full or partial sun. Prefers well-drained, loamy soil. (Natural Edge)
Propagation
Spreads by underground rhizomes, often forming large colonies. (Wikipedia)
Lore & History
Formerly classified in the genus Aster. The genus name Canadanthus refers to its prevalence in Canada. (Wikipedia)
CANADANTHUS GREAT NORTHERN ASTER
A monotypic genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The only species is Canadanthus modestus. (Wikipedia)
References
- (Burke Herbarium) Burke Museum, University of Washington. "Canadanthus modestus".
- (E-Flora BC) Klinkenberg, Brian. (Editor) 2020. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
- (MDPI) Miceli, A., et al. "Allelopathic Activity of Three Wild Mediterranean Asteraceae: Silybum marianum, Cynara cardunculus var. sylvestris, Galactites tomentosus." Agronomy 14.3 (2024): 575.
- (Minnesota Wildflowers) Chayka, K. "Canadanthus modestus (Modest Aster)". Minnesota Wildflowers.
- (Natural Edge) "Great Northern Aster". Natural Edge.
- (NWT Species Search) "Canadanthus modestus (Aster modestus)". NWT Species Search.
- (Wikipedia) "Canadanthus." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
Image References
- Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Doug Macaulay, CC BY 4.0
- Ryan Durand, CC BY 4.0