- Bloom Time: Aug – Nov
- Bloom Color: Purple
- Height: 2 feet
- Sun: Full
- Soil: Medium-dry to dry
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Caterpillar food for:
Aster Flowerhead Caterpillar (Eucosma parmatana), Aster-head Phaneta (Eucosma tomonana), Essex Phaneta (Eucosma essexana), Hoffman’s Cochlid Moth (Cochylis hoffmanana), Speyer’s Cucullia, (Cucillia speyeri)
Attracts these pollinators:
metallic green sweat bees (Agapostemon spp. & Augochlorella spp.), long-horned bees ( Melissoides spp.), sweat bees (Halictus spp.), leafcutter bees (Megachile spp.), small carpenter bees (Ceratina spp.), large carpenter bees (Xylocopa spp.), yellow-faced bees (Hylaeus spp.), mining bees (Andrena spp.), bumble bees (Bombus spp.)