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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAsteraceae: Eurybia
Classification 1Asteraceae: Aster
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00872744
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMaine
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Maine: Piscataquis County
LocalityWebster Stream ["A careful reading of his more detailed unpublished Journal places this in the short distance between Telos Lake and Webster Lake in the township of T6 R11 WELS" R. L. Angelo (in litt.) Oct. 6, 2018]
Date Collected1857 [[July]]
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/a976de74-b440-4f20-ac4f-8bb0b52eddff
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00872744
HerbariumGH
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Eurybia macrophylla (Linnaeus) Cassini
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2017
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster macrophyllus Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [label name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Remarks["I notice there (Telos Lake) Aralia racemosa and Aster macrophyllus in bloom, with bluish rays and quite fragrant (!), like some medicinal herb, so that I doubted at first if it were that." Journal 9: 495. July 29, 1857]

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