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smooth blue aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
United States
- Dimensions
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Height: 1.5 ft. to 4.0 ft.
Spread: 4.0 in.; to 1.5 ft. - Growth Form
- Herbaceous
- Program Association
- Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Large Mammals, Pollinators/ Invertebrates
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun, Part Sun, Shade
- Water Requirements
- Low, Moderate
- Season of Bloom
- July, August, September
- Flower Color
- Blue Shades, Purple Shades, Yellow Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- No City Data
- Design Considerations
- Showy Flowers
- Other Considerations
- Limited Availability
- Duration
- Perennial
- Soil Type
- Sandy, Variable
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
Flora of North America recognizes four varieties of S. laeve, all native to the U.S. Varieties laeve and concinnum are native to the eastern U.S.; variety purpuratum is native to the southern U.S.; and variety geyeri is native to most of the western and central U.S.