Asteraceae
Bog aster
Oclemena nemoralis
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Oclemena
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Bog aster
Synonyms
- Aster ledifolius Pursh
- Aster ledifolius var. uniflorus (Michx.) Pursh
- Aster nemoralis Aiton
- Aster nemoralis f. albiflorus Fernald
- Aster nemoralis f. nemoralis
- Aster nemoralis var. nemoralis
- Aster uniflorus Michx.
- Eucephalus nemoralis (Aiton) Greene
- Eucephalus nemoralis (Aiton) Greene
- Galatella nemoralis Nees
- Galatella nemoralis var. monocephalus DC.
- Galatella nemoralis var. uniflora (Michx.) Hook.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
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Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.