| Scientific Name: | Symphyotrichum dumosum (incl. hybrid cvs.) |
| Common Name: | bushy aster, rice button aster |
| Family Name: | Asteraceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, U.S. - northeast, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Perennial border, Rock garden, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lanceolate, Oblanceolate, Spatulate, Crenate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Head (capitulum), White, Blue, Purple, Pink, Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Cypsela (achene + calyx), Brown, Silver |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Compact aster; leaves lanceolate to spatulate, margins crenate to serrate, up to 10cm x 2cm; head inflorescences up to 2cm wide, floret rays of most cultivars blue, disk florets yellow. | |