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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Phenology Observation Sheet for Wildflowers and Herbs

COMMON NAME

New England aster

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

ALSO KNOWN AS

Aster novae-angliae

Plant family

Aster (Asteraceae)

Plant group

Wildflowers and Herbs

This fall aster can grow up to 6 ft in height. It has large purple flowers that attract a variety of insects during its nearly two months of flowering.
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Identification hints

The stems branches of New England Aster are covered with gland-tipped hairs.
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Because New England Aster has such beautiful flowers, many cultivars of it have been developed; at least 50 are commercially available.
DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
Alabama , Arkansas , California , Colorado , Connecticut , Delaware , Georgia , Iowa , Illinois , Indiana , Kansas , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Maryland , Maine , Michigan , Minnesota , Missouri , Mississippi , Montana , North Carolina , North Dakota , Nebraska , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New Mexico , New York , Ohio , Oklahoma , Oregon , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Carolina , South Dakota , Tennessee , Utah , Virginia , Vermont , Washington , Wisconsin , West Virginia , Wyoming
HABITAT
A common aster that can be found in forest edges, prairies, fens, along rivers and lakes, abandoned fields, roadsides and etc.
ATTRIBUTES
Leaves
Leaves are hairy and without leaf stalks, the base of the leaves clasp around the thick stem.
Flowers
Composite flowers of New England asters have many ray florets, typically about 30. They can vary in color from pink to purple to white, blooming at the end of the densely leaved branches. Flowers are typically about 1.5" across. Plants typically have numerous flowers and flower for a long period of time.
Fruits
Fruits of New England aster are achenes. They are slightly ribbed and with tufts of hair that aid in wind dispersal.
Bloom Time
Blooming between August and October

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