Scientific Name
Aster umbellatus
Common Name
Flat-topped white aster
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
2 to 8 feet
Flower/fruit:
.5 to .75 inch flower heads in flattish cluster; 10 to 15 white petals tinged with purple tend to curve downward or backwards
Flowering Season:
Mid-summer into fall
Foliage:
Up to 6 inch, lance-shaped or elliptical leaves taper at each end; toothless; short-stalked to stalkless
Site:
Moist fields, thickets, border of swamps
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