Scientific Name
Aster laevis

Common Name
Smooth aster
Life Cycle: Perennial

Height: 2 to 4 feet
Flower/fruit: Almost 1 inch flower head; violet to blue flower petals and yellow center
Flowering Season: Fall
Foliage: 1 to 3 inch, lance to elliptical or egg-shaped leaves; smooth with a pale glaucous bloom; mostly toothless, thick, stiff clasping
Site: Dry soil, wood edges
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