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Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Also called Blue wood aster, Heartleaf aster, Beeweed, Common Blue Heart Leaf Aster, Heart Leaf Aster, Heart Leaved Aster, Heartleaf Or Common Blue Wood Aster
Common blue wood aster is a native North American perennial daisy that grows up to about 1.2 m (4 ft) tall and bears bluish flowers in late summer and fall. It does best in moist, rich, well-drained soil in partial shade to sun.
Symphyotrichum cordifolium (formerly Aster cordifolius), commonly known as common blue wood aster, heartleaf aster, and blue wood-aster, is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to central and eastern North America. It reaches heights of up to 1.2 meters (4 feet) and has bluish daisy-like flowers which bloom late-summer and fall in its range.
Symphyotrichum cordifolium occurs from Manitoba, east to Nova Scotia and Maine, south to Georgia and Alabama, and west to Oklahoma. It was once introduced in British Columbia but did not persist. It is an introduced species in Great Britain and Norway.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Symphyotrichum cordifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
