Flora of Pennsylvania

Symphyotrichum puniceum gallery

A violet aster with a reddish hairy stem, an inhabitant of the wetlands

Purplestem Aster Gallery

Plant form
Plant form
Bradford Co
by Colin Gillette on 09/04/2022
Plant form
Plant form
Bradford Co
by Colin Gillette on 09/04/2022
Leaf and stem
Leaf and stem
Bradford Co
by Colin Gillette on 09/04/2022
Flower
Flower
Bradford Co
by Colin Gillette on 09/04/2022
Flower head
Flower head
Scotia Barrens (Centre Co)
by Maria G. Pavlova on 09/10/2010
Flower heads
Flower heads
Scotia Barrens (Centre Co)
by Maria G. Pavlova on 09/14/2012
Plant in flower
Plant in flower
Scotia Barrens (Centre Co)
by Maria G. Pavlova on 09/14/2012
Plant form & habitat
Plant form & habitat
Penn-Roosvelt State Park (Centre Co)
by Maria G. Pavlova on 09/16/2012
Flowers and leaves
Flowers and leaves
Black Moshannon (Centre Co)
by Maria G. Pavlova on 09/18/2020
Flower
Flower
Beaver Co
by Mark Welchley on 09/21/2019
Plants in flower
Plants in flower
Bald Eagle Preserve (Centre Co)
by Maria G. Pavlova on 09/28/2022
Flowers & leaves
Flowers & leaves

Occasionally, the stems of this aster are glabrous

Bald Eagle Preserve (Centre Co)
by Maria G. Pavlova on 09/28/2022
Inflorescences & leaves
Inflorescences & leaves
North Park (Allegheny Co)
by Maria G. Pavlova on 09/30/2020
Plant form
Plant form
Bradford Co
by Colin Gillette on 10/01/2022
Hairs on stem & clasping leaves
Hairs on stem & clasping leaves
Stone Valley (Huntingdon Co)
by Maria G. Pavlova on 10/16/2022
Done flowering
Done flowering
Bald Eagle Preserve (Centre Co)
by Maria G. Pavlova on 11/04/2022
Leaves and seeds
Leaves and seeds
North Park (Allegheny Co)
by Maria G. Pavlova on 11/07/2020