Short’s Aster

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  • Bloom Time: Aug. – Oct.
  • Bloom Color: Blue
  • Height: 1 – 4 feet
  • Sun: Partial to shade
  • Soil: Medium 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)

Attracts these pollinators
Bumble Bees (Bombus spp.), Yellow-Faced Bees (Hylaeus spp.), Sweat Bees (Halictus spp.), Metallic Green Sweat Bees (Augochloropsis spp.), Mining Bees (Andrena spp.), Sweat Bees (Lasioglossum spp.)

More information: Minnesota Wildflowers