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Symphyotrichum Hendersonii
''Symphyotrichum hendersonii'' (formerly ''Aster hendersonii'') is a species of flowering plant in the Family (biology), family Asteraceae Native plant, native to the northwestern United States. Commonly known as Henderson's aster, it is a Perennial plant, perennial, herbaceous plant that may reach tall. Its flowers have purple ray florets and yellow disk florets. Citations References * * * Symphyotrichum, hendersonii Flora of the Northwestern United States Plants described in 1895 Taxa named by Merritt Lyndon Fernald {{Astereae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merritt Lyndon Fernald
Merritt Lyndon Fernald (October 5, 1873 – September 22, 1950) was an American botanist. He was a respected scholar of the taxonomy and phytogeography of the vascular plant flora of temperate eastern North America. During his career, Fernald published more than 850 scientific papers and wrote and edited the seventh and eighth editions of ''Gray's Manual of Botany''. Fernald coauthored the book ''Edible Wild Plants of Eastern North America'' in 1919–1920 with Alfred Kinsey, which was published in 1943. Biography Fernald was born in Orono, Maine. His parents were Mary Lovejoy Heywood and Merritt Caldwell Fernald, a college professor at the University of Maine. Fernald attended Orono High School, during which time he decided that he wanted to become a botanist. He collected plants around Orono and published two botanical papers while still attending high school. Fernald attended Maine State College for a year, but began working as an assistant at the Gray Herbarium at Harvard Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
