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Symphyotrichum turneri

Symphyotrichum turneri
Photo: The New York Botanical Garden, CC BY 4.0

Symphyotrichum turneri is a perennial aster from the high country of Durango, Mexico, grown for its blue to purple daisy-like flowers that bloom in winter. It is a cool-climate plant that does best with plenty of sun and moisture in the growing season.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly before watering again.
Soil
Well-drained loam or garden soil, tolerant of moisture.
Temperature
10–25 °C; tolerates light frost, protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NE. Mexico
Climate
subtropical

About

Symphyotrichum turneri (formerly Aster moranensis var. turneri) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to Durango, Mexico.

Where it grows

The species is native to Durango, Mexico where it grows in woods, along waterways, and in wet pastures at elevations of 2,050–2,750 meters (6,730–9,020 feet).

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 turneri 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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