Leafy Aster
Symphyotrichum foliaceum
Leafy aster is a violet-flowered aster of western mountain meadows and streamsides, its leafy bracts cupping the flower heads, blooming through the cool high-country summer.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- pink, yellow, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, songbirds, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~109 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- border, rain garden
- Native states
- AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NE, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY
Related native plants
More Symphyotrichum species
- New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
- Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)
- Heart-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium)
- Heath Aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides)
- Smooth Blue Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)
- Pacific Aster (Symphyotrichum chilense)