General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 12 - 36 inches
Plant Spread: 12 inches
Leaves: Semi-evergreen
Other: evergreen or deciduous depending on zone; since it grows from Canada to the Keys
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Late fall or early winter
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: 3 months at 40 degrees
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Division

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Common names
  • Hairy Aster
  • Frost Aster
  • Hairy White Oldfield Aster
  • Aster
  • Awl Aster
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Symphyotrichum pilosum
  • Synonym: Aster pilosus

Photo Gallery
Location: zone 8/9 Lake City, Florida
Date: 2011-10-22
entire plant growing wild
Location: zone 8/9 Lake City, Florida
Date: 2011-10-20
blooms

Photo courtesy of: Tom Potterfield
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-10-15
Location: zone 8/9 Lake City, Florida
Date: 2011-10-22
buds
Location: zone 8/9 Lake City, Florida
Date: 2011-10-20
leaves
Location: Arkansas
Date: 2011-10-22
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/tsn/522234
Location: Arkansas
Date: 2011-10-22
Photo by Ron Thomas  http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/thomas/0573-

Date: October
credit: John Cameron
Location: Apis mellifera (honey bee) on Symphyotrichum pilosum (hairy white oldfield aster or frost aster)
Photo courtesy of: Tom Potterfield

Photo courtesy of: Tom Potterfield

Photo courtesy of: Tom Potterfield

Photo courtesy of: Tom Potterfield

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