General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Bushy Aster
  • Rice Button Aster
  • Aster
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Symphyotrichum dumosum
  • Synonym: Aster dumosus

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