White Wood Aster, Eurybia divaricata, Plants of Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden.

	Plants of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
	Common Name	Scientific Name	Plant Family	Garden Location	Prime Season
	White Wood Aster	Eurybia divaricata (L.) G. L. Nesom	Aster (Asteraceae)	Woodland	Late Summer to Autumn
Other names and notes	Flowers are over one inch wide with a dozen or fewer white rays. Flowers appear in a branched clusters at the top. Leaves are large, oval-lance in shape with heart shaped bases, coarse teeth and on long stalks.

Notes: This aster, formerly classified as Aster divaricatus L., is not native to the State. It is native to the eastern United States and was originally brought into the Garden by Eloise Butler in 1911 from Gillett's Nursery in Southwick, MA. She reported planting it on May 17th, 1911 along with a group of plants obtained from Gillett's Nursery in Southwick, MA. It was one of 19 asters she recorded as present in the Garden in 1915 in her entry in the Park Board of Commissioner's Annual Report. Martha Crone first planted it on Sept. 18, 1937, however, it escaped being on Martha Crone's 1951 Garden Census, but is present again today.

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References: Plant characteristics are generally from sources 15, 16, 30, 31, 33, W2 & W3. Distribution principally from W2 and also 31, 34 and W1. Planting history generally from 1, 4 & 4a. Other sources by specific reference. See Reference List for details.

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