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A small annual aster from western and southern Argentina that grows 3 to 30 cm tall with white daisy-like flowers. It is a wild species of dry, open ground rather than a common garden plant, so grow it like a hardy annual in sun and well-drained soil.
Symphyotrichum patagonicum (formerly Aster patagonicus) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae endemic to the Argentinian provinces of Chubut, Mendoza, Neuquén, and Santa Cruz. It is an annual, herbaceous plant that grows 3 to 30 centimeters (1 to 12 inches) tall. Its flowers have short white ray florets in 3 or 4 series and numerous disk florets.
Scaleleaf aster · Manyray aster · Anticosti Island aster · Western aster · Symphyotrichum bimater · Northern bog aster · Symphyotrichum bullatum · Symphyotrichum burgessii · Western meadow aster · Carneros Aster · Savanna aster · Symphyotrichum chihuahuense
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Symphyotrichum patagonicum 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.
