Description: English: Found along the shoreline of the
South Saskatchewan River south of
Saskatoon,
SK Symphyotrichum ericoides or Aster ericoides L. or Aster pansus (Blake) Many flowered aster of the thistle or composite family Similar identification of flowers in books:The many flowered aster is more prominent than similar flowers such as the the Willow Aster and the White prairie aster (A. falcatus Lindi) The prairie aster and Willow aster have a bluish purple tinge where the heath or many flowered aster is classified as a white aster and may have a pink tinge. The prairie aster has a bractlet at the base of the flower. The willow aster has small veins on the underside of the leaves. The rush aster has grasslike leaves at the base (Aster junciformus) Vance, F R (1999) Wildflowers across the prairies With a new section on Grasses, sedges and rushes,
Vancouver, British Columbia: Western Producer Prairie Books, pp. 283
ISBN:
1-55054-703-8. Wilkinson, Kathleen (1999) Wildflowers of Alberta A Guideto Common Wildflowers and Other Herbaceous Plants, Edmonton Alberta: Lone Pine Publishing and University of Alberta, pp. 149 Western Willow Aster
ISBN:
0-88864-298-9. Peterson, Roger Tory; Margaret McKenny (1969) Peterson Field Guides Wildflowers Northeastern / North-cntral North America,
Category:New York: Houghton Miffilin Company, pp. 96 -Heath Aster 358-Willow 358-Prairie
ISBN:
0-395-91172-9. Johnson, Derek; Linda Kershaw, Andy Mackinnon, Jim Pojar (1995)
Plants of the Western Boreal Forest and Aspen Parkland (Digitized online by Google books), Lone Pine Publishing and the Canadian Forest Service, pp. 184−185 Retrieved on 25 January 2009.
ISBN:
1-55105058-7. Mohlenbrock, Robert H (1987) Wildflowers A quick identification guide to the wildflowers of North America,
Category:New York: Collier Books, pp. 20
ISBN:
0-02-063420-X. Source: Own work. Author:
SriMesh.