Symphyotrihcum oolentangiense [sold as Sky-blue Aster] Skyblue aster
Daisy-like flowers with blue to blue-violet rays and yellow centers.
Oblong lower basal leaves are rough-hairy, often serrate and cordate at the base.
Green-to-red stems branch out near the top.
Dry, small seeds are equipped with a tuft of light brown hairs for wind dispersal.
2-3' feet
1.5-2' feet
Best grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils.
Native to prairies, fields, wood margins and rocky slopes from Ontario and New York to Minnesota south to Georgia, Alabama and Texas.
