Symphyotrichum laeve
(Smooth Aster)

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Facts About this Plant:

    Common Names: Smooth Aster, Smooth Blue Aster
    Synonyms: Aster falcidens, Aster laevis, Aster steeleorum
    Lifespan: Perennial
    Zones: 3 - 9
    Type: Forb
    Bloom Time: July - October
    Status: Native
    Range:

Symphyotrichum laeve, or Smooth Aster, is native to the entire continental United States, except California. It is a perennial, that grows in open woods, woodland edges, prairies, fields, along roadsides, railroads and in other waste places. It blooms in mid to late summer through fall with blue flowers.

More information will be made available soon about this species and telling it apart from others.


We have a special Aster ID chart that you can access here. More species will be added to it as time allows:
Symphyotrichum (Aster) ID chart

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