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Symphyotrichum racemosum
Also called Small White Aster, Small Head Aster, Smooth White Old Field Aster
Smooth white oldfield aster is a native North American perennial wildflower that blooms late summer to fall, growing in clumps or colonies. It does best in moist, open sites like wet meadows and pond shores.
Symphyotrichum racemosum (formerly Aster racemosus) is a species of flowering plant native to parts of the United States and introduced in Canada. It is known as smooth white oldfield aster and small white aster. It is a perennial, herbaceous plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a late-summer and fall blooming flower.
S. racemosum is native to most of the eastern and east-central United States and has been introduced in Canada. It generally grows at elevations between 0 and 200 meters (0 and 656 feet). It is a wetland species found in alluvial soils, brackish marshes, savannas, and bogs. It is known from wet meadows, swamps and swamp borders, and prairie swales. Other habitats include those on open coastal pond shores.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Symphyotrichum racemosum 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.
