title: Symphyotrichum anticostense
text: # Symphyotrichum anticostense
  
  Symphyotrichum anticostense (formerly Aster anticostensis) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae endemic to Quebec, New Brunswick, and Maine. Commonly known as Anticosti aster, it is a perennial, herbaceous plant that may reach 10 to 90 centimeters (4 to 35 inches) in height. Its flowers have pale purple or lilac, sometimes white, ray florets and yellow, then reddish purple, disk florets.
  
  ## Citations
  
  * ↑ NatureServe 2022.
  * 1 2 POWO 2022.
  * 1 2 Brouillet et al. 2006.
  