White Wood Aster.Aster corymbosus.
Found in moist woods during July and August.
The stalk, 12 or 15 inches high, branches near the top, and is sometimes zigzag in growth; slender, and smooth. In color a strong rich purple, or green, streaked with red or purple.
The lower leaves are heart-shaped, the upper long-oval, with tapering points; the margin notched, and the texture thin. Color green, lighter underneath. Set on short stems, and arranged alternately.
The disc flowers are few, and yellow; the 4 to 8 ray flowers are about a half inch long, narrow, delicate in texture, arranged in a scattering row, and pure white in color. The cups are small; the heads grouped in loose, leafy terminal clusters.
Perhaps the most daintily finished of the white Asters, it is also the most shy, loving shady nooks and lonely places amongst trees.