Symphyotrichum and Conoclinium coelestinum

Thank you so much, Carol!

Thank you NHBabs for the link. The page is down at the moment, but I will save the link and check it out again.

Try this link instead. and then scroll down to Erybia divaricata. The map is clickable.

This one doesn't have the foliage of white wood aster.

Consider Symphyotrichum lateriflorum for the aster.

I just read that because of new DNA testing all our native asters except for one species have been reclassified into other genuses,so I guess we should all start checking for the most current latin names. I'm just wondering when it will be safe to finally go out and buy new,updated field guides that won't become obsolete!

Jaybirdyj, it sounds like an interesting article. Can you provide the link? I did check BONAP (usually up to date with name changes), and their nomenclature is unchanged from last season. Weakley, also typically current, has not made any recent changes.

I'm really sorry jekeesl,but I can't remember where I read it. I visit sights all over the web and it's hard to to keep track.If it should come back to me or I see it again I will let you know asap. I knew they were changing a lot of Eupatoriums because I've been looking them up a lot recently.

jekeesl I don't remember where I read about aster name changes,but I found another article that's even more informative. I apologize for the inconvenience,but I don't know how to paste links to this site.If you google(DNA testing changing aster flower names) one site that should show up has a link www.guynewsum.com.That is the article. I tried writing the link and typing it in,but I couldn't reach the site that way,so this is the best way I can think of doing it.

Second one might be a species of Ageratum.

Jbirdyj, I checked the article you referenced - thanks. I was especially interested because Guy Nesom is a prolific writer and highly respected in the world of botany. It turns out that Guy published that article on name changes in Asters in 2009. He really does write some cutting-edge stuff. If you're interested, this page will list all of articles Guy has published over the past 40 years. This page takes you to his website.

Thanks for the page,jekeesl. I bet there's a lot of great stuff in them, I can't wait?Glad you liked the article.It's funny having known all these plants by their old latin names,and then,all of a sudden they're called something else.

2 looks exactly like the blue mistflower I grow here which, I believe, is Conoclinium coelestinum.