Tag Archives: Symphyotrichum
Know Your Natives – Drummond’s Aster
Drummond’s aster (Symphyotrichum drummondii) of the Aster (Asteraceae) family is a herbaceous perennial with disk flowers that change color with age. Preferred habitats are partially sunny upland sites in open deciduous woodlands and woodland borders along streams and roads. This … Continue reading
Know Your Natives – White Oldfield Aster
White oldfield aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum), formerly Aster pilosus, a herbaceous perennial of the Aster (Asteraceae) family, occurs from Texas to South Dakota and Minnesota thence to the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. In Arkansas, this aster occurs statewide and is one of … Continue reading
Know Your Natives – Asters
Featuring Manyray, Late Purple and Fragrant Asters Twenty-two species of asters (in the New World genus Symphyotrichum) occur in Arkansas (four other species also formerly treated in the genus Aster are now in the genera Doellingeria, Eurybia and Ionactis). Asters, in … Continue reading
