Scientific Name
Aster pilosus

Common Name
Downy aster; White old-field aster
Life Cycle: Perennial


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Height: 2 to 5 feet
Flower/fruit: .75 inch flower head; 15 to 25 white to pale purplish petals; yellow center
Flowering Season: Fall
Foliage: Hairy or smooth narrow or lance shaped stalk-less, 1 to 3 inch leaves; limited or no teeth; several slender branches which are ascending or stiffly spreading
Site: Dry thickets, roadsides, clearings, fields
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