- Bloom Time: Aug. – Oct.
- Bloom Color: White, Purple
- Height: 2 feet
- Sun: Full to shade
- Soil: Medium-wet to medium-dry
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), Goldenrod Gall Moth (Epiblema scudderiana)
Butterfly food for:
Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus), Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma), Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme), American Snout (Libytheana carinenta), Viceroy (Limenitis archippus), Pearl Crescent(Phyciodes tharos)
