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Symphyotrichum vahlii
Symphyotrichum vahlii is a small herbaceous perennial aster from South America and the Falklands, grown for its white daisy-like flowers. It thrives in consistently moist, boggy conditions.
Symphyotrichum vahlii (formerly Aster vahlii and Erigeron vahlii) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to South America, specifically the countries of Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina, and on the Falkland Islands. It is herbaceous and grows 10 to 60 centimeters (4 to 24 inches) tall. Its flowers have white ray florets of length 6 millimeters (1⁄4 inch). It grows in wetland areas of tall forests with trees that exceed 15 meters (50 feet). One infraspecies is accepted, Symphyotrichum vahlii var. tenuifolium, in addition to the autonym S. vahlii var. vahlii.
The species is native to South America, specifically the countries of Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina, and on the Falkland Islands. It grows in wetland areas of tall forests with trees that exceed 15 meters (50 feet).
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 vahlii 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.
