Local Ecotype
Perennial
Part sun to light shade
Medium to dry soil
2-4 ft
Blooms in late summer or early fall
Late-blooming perennial wildflower of rocky open forests. Local ecotypes of this species tend to be a deep bluish-purple. The flowers are relatively large for an aster with recurved phyllaries. This tidy species does not spread through rhizomes, maintaining a tight clump like the similar Drummond’s and Skyblue Aster.
Local Ecotype
Perennial
Part sun to light shade
Medium to dry soil
2-4 ft
Blooms in late summer or early fall
Late-blooming perennial wildflower of rocky open forests. Local ecotypes of this species tend to be a deep bluish-purple. The flowers are relatively large for an aster with recurved phyllaries. This tidy species does not spread through rhizomes, maintaining a tight clump like the similar Drummond’s and Skyblue Aster.