| Scientific Name: | Boltonia asteroides |
| Common Name: | false aster, snowbank aster |
| Family Name: | Asteraceae |
| Origin: | U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Open, Spreading |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract butterflies, Cut flower or foliage, Fall interest, Filler, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Oblanceolate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Head (capitulum), White, Yellow, Violet, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Cypsela (achene + calyx), Brown, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, elliptic to lanceolate, blades of main stem 7-11cm long x 3-5cm wide, margins sparsely toothed; flower heads about 3cm wide with about 25 white to pale violet ray florets and yellow disk florets. | |