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
  • Crookedstem aster
  • Crooked-Stem Aster
  • Aster

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Location: Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-25
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-25

Photo Courtesy of Prairie Nursery. Used with Permission
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USDA photo
Location: Symphyotrichum prenanthoides (crooked-stem or zig-zag aster); stem pubescent in lines and leaves narrowed abruptly to winged petiole with auriculate-clasping base
Photo courtesy of: Tom Potterfield

Photo courtesy of: Tom Potterfield

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