Doellingeria umbellata (P.Mill.) Nees var. umbellata
tall flat-topped white aster
tall flat-topped white aster
September 21,
Nasketucket Bay State Reservation, Mattapoisett
This aster lives to its spoken name: it can grow to 2.5 m, the stem remaining unbranched to the very top, the inflorescence forming a perfect flat-topped corymb.