Name: Aster Family: Locality (number, latitude & longitude, map reference): 01851 Site #___, & Ecological Notes (elevation, aspect, soil, exposure, associates): elev. 1900 m margin of dry Quercus, Castanea, Betula forest along road Number: 01857 Date: 9/26 Occurrence: C O I R Collector(s): Bartholomew, Boufford, Dudley, Elias, Sponberg, & ____________ Plant Characteristics (habit, height, bark & trunk, d.b.h., flowers, fruits, odor, taste): ray flowers white, disc flowers yellow turning maroon, 1-2 m tall forming tight clumps Local Name(s): Local Use(s): Number of Sheets: 16; seeds ____; other ____________; photograph ___ Disposition of Sheets: 8 PRC 8 USA: A CM NA NY UC Other _______________ 1980 Sino-American Botanical Expedition