General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 12 - 36 inches
Plant Spread: 12 - 24 inches
Fruiting Time: Fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Depth to plant seed: Do not cover with soil.
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Needs no stratification.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Division
Pollinators: Hoverflies
Wasps
Beetles
Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Heath Aster
  • Squarrose White Aster
  • Tufted White Prairie Aster
  • White Heath Aster
  • Aster
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Symphyotrichum ericoides
  • Synonym: Aster ericoides
  • Synonym: Virgulus ericoides

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-09-16
#pollination
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-11-02
Location: Brownstown Pennsylvania
Date: 2016-09-20
#Pollination
Location: Brownstown Pennsylvania
Date: 2016-10-02
Location: Hiking Trail In Fairfax :-)
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: 2012-10-26
Many flowers make the plant seem to be covered with snow.
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: 2012-11-13
The white flowers really stand out against the other colors.
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2011-11-04
flowers trail along woody stems
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-09-24
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-09-21
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-9-15
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2011-10-15
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-09-19
Location: Twisp
Date: April

Photo Courtesy of Prairie Nursery. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Brownstown Pennsylvania
Date: 2016-10-02
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