BEACH-ASTER.
Erigeron glaucus, Ker. Composite Family.
Six to twelve inches high, having a tuft of radical leaves and some ascending stems. Leaves.—Obovate or spatulate-oblong; one to four inches long; pale; somewhat succulent; slightly viscid. Flower-heads.—Composed of dull-yellow disk-flowers and bright-violet ray-flowers. Disk.—Eight lines or so across. Rays.—Six or eight lines long; narrow; numerous; in several rows. Hab.—The Coast, from Oregon to Southern California.
Almost anywhere upon our Coast, "within the roar of a surf-tormented shore," we can find the beautiful blossoms of the beach-aster. We may know them by their resemblance to the China asters of our gardens, though they are not so large. They present a most delightful combination of color in their old-gold centers, violet rays, and rather pale foliage.