The lawn between the sidewalk and road, called a hellstrip due to its seemingly inhospitable growing environment, can be ...

While Aster yellows is more prevalent in the Midwest, it’s also here in southwestern Pennsylvania and can be confusing to ...

The huge aster family (Asteraceae) is recognized by the daisy-shape of the flowers. It includes sunflowers, asters, daisies and dandelions. (Benjamin Brink/2009) Learning to recognize 400,000 ...

It is not always easy to recognize members of the aster family, but they include: sunflowers, zinnias, chrysanthemums, daisies, asters, ragweed, knapweed, burdock, dandelion, lettuce and artichoke.

Although named for its impact on aster-family plants (which includes daisies like Echinacea and vegetables like lettuce), it can infect other unrelated species like carrot, potato, grains and lawn ...

Blazing star (Liatris spicata) is a clump-forming perennial in the aster family " [It] lives up to its name, with showy spikes of tiny purple flowers that bloom in the summer," says Sam Hoadley ...

Technically speaking, the aster family is a botanical crazy quilt of composite bloomers (plants whose inflorescences contain numerous individual flowers). Mums are asters.

John Nelson is the retired curator of the Herbarium at the University of South Carolina. As a public service, the Herbarium offers free plant identifications. For more information, call 803-777 ...

It also serves as a host plant for the painted lady butterfly. Echinops ritro is a member of the aster family and native to areas of Europe and Asia.

Another member of the aster family, chrysanthemums, comes with strong allergy-inducing pollen, which is airborne and plentiful due to the number of flower heads in a plant.

Mystery Plant: Member of aster family is native to East Coast John Nelson Garden Columnist Aug 24, 2024 ...

Yes, this is a native sunflower. You could call it a “composite.” All the “composites,” or members of the sunflower family (or aster family, if you prefer) have their tiny, ...