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Symphyotrichum depauperatum
Also called Eastern Serpentine Aster
Serpentine aster is a rare perennial wildflower native to the eastern United States, found mainly on serpentine barrens with high soil metal content. It is seldom grown in gardens, so care notes come mostly from general aster cultivation.
Symphyotrichum depauperatum (formerly Aster depauperatus), commonly known as serpentine aster or starved aster, is a rare species in the family Asteraceae adapted to serpentine barrens, an ecosystem with a high concentration of toxic metals in the soil. It has been found in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and on some diabase glades in North Carolina. It grows to 50 centimeters (1+3⁄4 feet) and has white ray florets surrounding a center of yellow disk florets.
S. depauperatum is adapted to serpentine barrens, an ecosystem with a high concentration of toxic metals in the soil. It has been found in Baltimore and Cecil Counties, Maryland; Granville County, North Carolina; and, Chester, Delaware, and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Symphyotrichum depauperatum 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.
