General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 6b
Plant Height: 12 - 36 inches
Plant Spread: 12 - 18 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Lavender
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Aster
  • Western Showy Aster
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Eurybia conspicua
  • Synonym: Aster conspicuus
  • Synonym: Aster forwoodii

Photo Gallery
Location: Castlegar BC
Date: July 17 2017
An old friend from the field renamed a few years back to Eurybia,
Location: Banff, Canada | July, 2022
Date: 2022-07-31
Location: Banff, Canada | July, 2022
Date: 2022-07-31

photo credit: Franz Xaver
Location: Fairfax, VA | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02
Location: Absaroka Range in Wyoming
Date: 2013-07-25

photo credit: Franz Xaver
Location: Banff, Canada | July, 2022
Date: 2022-07-31

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