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Thinleaf late purple aster

Symphyotrichum phlogifolium

Thinleaf late purple aster
Photo: Shaun Pogacnik, CC0

Thinleaf late purple aster is a native North American perennial wildflower with purple daisy-like flowers in late summer and fall. It grows easily in open, sunny spots with average garden soil.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during the first season, then only in long dry spells.
Soil
Average to moderately fertile, well-drained garden soil; tolerates clay.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; protect young plants from extreme cold.
How easy
Easy
Native range
E. U.S.A.

About

Symphyotrichum phlogifolium (formerly Aster phlogifolius) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to the eastern United States. Commonly known as thin-leaf late purple aster, it is a perennial, herbaceous plant that may reach heights between 50 and 130 centimeters (1+3⁄4 and 4+1⁄4 feet). Its flowers have light to dark reddish-purple ray florets and white disk florets with purple triangular lobes.

Other Symphyotrichum plants

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 phlogifolium 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.

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