Boltonia asteroides var. latisquama

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Read about Boltonia asteroides var. latisquama in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Boltonia latisquama, Gray. Fig. 589. A handsomer plant, with larger and more showy heads with blue-violet rays: involucral bracts oblong or obovate and obtuse (often bearing a minute point); pappus scales small, the awns present and conspicuous. Kan. and Mo. to Ark. G.F. 5:271 (adapted in Fig. 589). C.L.A. 7:490. Perennial. Var. nana, Hort. A dwarf form scarcely 2-3 ft. tall, with pinkish rayed fls. Branches freely from the base.


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