Symphyotrichum grandiflorum
(Largeflower Aster)

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Facts About this Plant:

    Common Names: Largeflower Aster, Big Headed Aster, Wild Blue Aster, Giant Flower Aster
    Synonyms: Aster grandiflorus, Lasallea grandiflora, Virgulus grandiflorus
    Lifespan: Perennial
    Zones: 6 - 9
    Type: Forb
    Bloom Time: September - November
    Status: Native
    Range:

Symphyotrichum grandiflorum, or Largeflower Aster, is native only to the east coast in Virginian and North and South Carolina. It is a perennial that grows along forest edges, deciduous woodland borders, thickets and coastal scrub on sandhills in dry, lean soil. It blooms in early fall into late fall with purplish flowers.

More information will be made available soon about this species and telling it apart from others.


We have a special Aster ID chart that you can access here. More species will be added to it as time allows:
Symphyotrichum (Aster) ID chart

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