Calico Aster or Starved Aster
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum (Aster lateriflorus or Aster vimineus), Aster family, Asteraceae
The common name refers to the variety of colors of the blossoms' central disks. The disk starts out yellow but becomes more reddish as it ages.
                    
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The first photos are of an unusually densely flowered Calico Aster.
Calico Aster Photograph
Calico Aster (DFL1009)		 Calico Aster Photograph
Calico Aster (DFL1010)		 Calico Aster Photograph
Calico Aster (DFL1011)		 Calico Aster Photograph
Calico Aster (DFL1012)		 Calico Aster Photograph
Calico Aster (DFL1013)
 
  Jian Zhe Li Calico Aster Photograph
Calico Aster (DFL1014)		 Jian Zhe Li  
 
The remaning photos are of more typically flowered Calico Asters.
Calico Aster Photograph
Calico Aster (DFL1015)		 Calico Aster Photograph
Calico Aster (DFL1016)		 Jian Zhe Li Calico Aster Photograph
Calico Aster (DFL1017)		 Calico Aster Photograph
Calico Aster (DFL1018)
 
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