Bloom Native gardener's
field companion

Explore

Field report Layers Search
Log in Sign up
  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. American Asters
  8. Virguloid Asters
  9. White Heath and Prairie Asters
  10. Top native

Top native white heath and prairie asters

2 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

Filter

2 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 1

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 1 Well drained 1

Soil

Rocky 1 Sand 1 Loam 1 Clay 1

Soil pH

Alkaline 1

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Yes 1

Deer resistant

Yes 1

Resists

Diseases 1 Dry soil 1 Erosion 1 Poor soil 1

Form

Habit

Erect 1

Plant type

Wildflower 2 Herbaceous perennial 1 Perennial 1
  • White Heath Aster Symphyotrichum ericoides keystone caterpillars 89 bees 33 hosts 2 food 18 flowers 284 shelter 1
  • White Prairie Aster Symphyotrichum falcatum keystone caterpillars 67 bees 17 hosts 1 food 11 flowers 224 shelter 1

We can't find the internet

Attempting to reconnect

Something went wrong!

Attempting to reconnect