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Index of Botanical Specimens

Classification	Asteraceae: Aster
Classification 1	Asteraceae: Symphyotrichum
Complex Object	This is a complex collection object (3 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)	00872806
Other Barcodes on Sheet	; ;
Collector	H. D. Thoreau
Country	United States of America
State	Massachusetts
Geography	North America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
Locality	Harrington Road
Date Collected	1856-09-25
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/26c5ab52-2063-47d6-b916-090fe0d756ac
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode	00872806
Herbarium	GH
Family	Asteraceae
Determination	InQuestion Aster longifolius Lamarck
Determination Remarks	[is label name]
Family	Asteraceae
Determination	Symphyotrichum novi-belgii (Linnaeus) G. L. Nesom
Determined by	Kittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined	2017
Determination Remarks	[is Current name]
Annotation Text	var. novi-belgii
Subcollection	Thoreau Herbarium
Preparation Type	Sheet
Preparation Method	Pressed
Description	[Harrington Road]

Remarks

["Also on the ditch further along by road side [Hawthorne Lane] -- toward Tuttles [who lived on Cambridge Turnpike] ap[parently] a low red stemmed (cut off?) a[ster] longifolius -- with generally larger & bluer flowers than the last ['the last' being GH 00872805 of Sept. 24, 1856]. It is ap[parently] A.[ster] logifolius" unpublished passage for Journal Sept. 24,1856; "Apparently the A longifolius varies from very narrow long & tapering leaves more or less toothed or entire with white flowers & smooth stem, to lanceolate toothed leaves 7/8 inch wide -- bluish flowers -- & roughish stem--but always the flowers are large & the scales recurved -- while those of A puniceus are not recurved & its flowers are smaller. The A. longifolius then varies much." unpublished passage from Journal Sept. 25, 1856; "Apparently the A[ster] longifolius varies from very narrow long & tapering leaves more or less toothed or entire with white flowers & smooth stem, to lanceolate toothed leaves 7/8 inch wide -- bluish flowers -- & roughish stem -- but always the flowers are large & the scales recurved -- while those of A[ster] puniceus are not recurved & its flowers are smaller -- The A.[ster] longifolius then varies much." unpublished passage from Journal 25 Sept.1856]