Assertion: calico aster | /r/HasProperty | symphyotrichum lateriflorum
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text: The florets of Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum) have shorter nectar tubes than many other species of asters (Symphyotrichum spp.), and they seem to attract a wide variety of insects, particularly in sunny areas.
text: By comparison with other white asters having a generally similar leaf shape, Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum), Ontario Aster (S. ontarionis) and Awl Aster (S. pilosum) all have leaves with hairs along the midvein and/or surfaces and (usually) stems covered in hairs, not in lines.
text: By comparison with other white asters having a generally similar leaf shape, Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum) and Awl Aster (S. pilosum) may have similar branching, but Calico Aster flowers have only 9 to 15 rays and a pale disk (not bright yellow), leaves with hairs only along the midvein, and can be clump forming but does not create colonies as Ontario Aster does; Awl Aster flowers are ½ inch or larger, flower stalks may be an inch or more long, phyllaries and bracts have a minute spine at the tip, and stem and leaf hairs are longer.