Symphyotrichum concolor (Linnaeus) Nesom.
Non-standard. Added for North Carolina Botanical Garden planted species. Habitat: Non-standard. Added for North Carolina Botanical Garden planted species.
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect to ascending perennial of dry longleaf pine sandhills, Piedmont woodlands, forest edges and road banks.
Stems: Stems 1-several, often leaning on other plants, unbranched, silky-hairy.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, crowded, sessile, elliptic, 1/2-1 1/2 in. long (reduced upward), covered with silvery-silky close-pressed hairs.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in a narrow panicle or cylindrical raceme to about 8 in. long; heads about 1 in. wide, consisting of 8-18 blue to violet (rarely pink) narrow ray florets encircling a center disk of many yellow tubular florets. Several series of hairy, green-tipped bracts closely surround the bell-shaped to cylindric base of each head.
Fruits: Fruit a tiny, white-tufted achene.
Comments:
Height: 1 1/2-4 ft.
plant sale text: This southeastern native aster provides a delightful profusion of lavender-blue flowers in the fall garden. Each plant produces multiple stems, each with dozens of flowers, so the overall effect is very showy. For a colorful garden well past Labor Day, this is a great perennial to include in your garden. This aster blooms profusely when given at least a half-day of sun. Full sun is ideal. Eastern silvery aster is an excellent native plant for butterflies. 1996 N.C. Wildflower of the Year.
bloom table text:
description: Erect to ascending perennial of dry longleaf pine sandhills, Piedmont woodlands, forest edges and road banks.
stems: Stems 1-several, often leaning on other plants, unbranched, silky-hairy.
leaves: Leaves alternate, crowded, sessile, elliptic, 1/2-1 1/2 in. long (reduced upward), covered with silvery-silky close-pressed hairs.
inflorescence:
flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in a narrow panicle or cylindrical raceme to about 8 in. long; heads about 1 in. wide, consisting of 8-18 blue to violet (rarely pink) narrow ray florets encircling a center disk of many yellow tubular florets. Several series of hairy, green-tipped bracts closely surround the bell-shaped to cylindric base of each head.
fruits: Fruit a tiny, white-tufted achene.
comments:
cultural notes:
germination code: 2
native range: eastern United States
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