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pauraque ([personal profile] pauraque) wrote in [community profile] common_nature2024-10-15 12:22 pm

New England Asters

The New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) is one of the latest-blooming native wildflowers where I live, peaking well after the summer flowers are spent.



Another name for it is Michaelmas Daisy, which makes sense as they bloom around that holiday.



They're an important fall food source for seed-eating birds as well as pollinators.



I look forward to seeing them bloom every year. Purple may not be a traditional fall color, but it is one to me!

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[personal profile] onlyknownothing 2024-10-15 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)

Thank you for sharing. 🙂

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[personal profile] shirebound 2024-10-15 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
They're an important fall food source for seed-eating birds as well as pollinators.

Hooray! They're lovely flowers.
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[personal profile] light_of_summer 2024-10-15 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Nice! Thanks for showing these in their natural state—I think I've mainly seen photos of asters from seed catalogs, before. These seem much more real!
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[personal profile] turlough 2024-10-15 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I just spotted the last asters in a garden here in Sweden. So cool to get to see them in their natural environment!
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[personal profile] cmcmck 2024-10-15 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Always nice to have a late bloomer.
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[personal profile] linky 2024-10-15 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
These are beautiful!
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[personal profile] adafrog 2024-10-15 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
How pretty.
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[personal profile] minoanmiss 2024-10-16 03:36 am (UTC)(link)

I am delighted to find out about these delightful purple fall flowers!

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[personal profile] a_natural_beauty 2024-10-17 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
Those are beautiful - they really stand out! :D
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[personal profile] yourlibrarian 2024-10-18 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Pretty! Love the color pop of that last shot in particular.