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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Symphyotrichum ericoides 'Snow Flurry'
Phenology Observation Sheet for Wildflowers and Herbs

COMMON NAME

Heath Aster 'Snow Flurry'

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Symphyotrichum ericoides 'Snow Flurry'

Plant family

Aster (Asteraceae)

Plant group

Wildflowers and Herbs

Linear, smooth edges with fine hairs, the leaves are longer at the base and become smaller as they ascend the stem. Numerous white daisy-like flowers with yellow centers appear on flowering stems, there are also needle-like bracts on the flowering stems.
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OBSERVATIONS
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Identification hints

Blooming late summer to fall the heath aster grows 1 to 3 feet tall and 1 to 1.5 feet wide in open woods, prairies, along railroads and roadsides.
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Attracts a large variety of bees, butterflies, wasps, and flies. Wild turkeys like the seeds and foliage.
DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
Alabama , Arizona , Colorado , Connecticut , Delaware , Georgia , Idaho , Illinois , Indiana , Kansas , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Maryland , Maine , Michigan , Minnesota , Mississippi , Montana , North Dakota , Nebraska , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New Mexico , New York , Ohio , Oklahoma , Oregon , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Dakota , Tennessee , Texas , Utah , Virginia , Vermont , Washington , Wisconsin , West Virginia , Wyoming
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