| Scientific Name: | Aster spp. ( syn. Symphyotrichum - most ) |
| Common Name: | common aster |
| Family Name: | Asteraceae |
| Origin: | Canada - northern, U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Fall interest, Perennial border |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Sessile, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Elliptic, Lanceolate, Oblanceolate, Ovate, Entire, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Head (capitulum), White, Blue, Violet, Purple, Pink, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Achene, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Clump-forming, multi-branched perennial; leaves alternate, sessile, most lanceolate, 4-12cm long x 1-2cm wide, margins entire to serrate, sessile; flowers are white to purple and daisy-like in appearance, bloom late summer to mid autumn. | |