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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. American Asters
  8. White Heath and Prairie Asters
  9. White Prairie Aster

species 4,226 observations

White Prairie Aster

Symphyotrichum falcatum

Status
native
Keystone
101 caterpillar species raised on Symphyotrichum herbaceous plants
Bees
17 specialists raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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321 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Pearl Crescent, Isabella Tiger Moth, Peppered Moth, Satyr Pug Moth 67
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Dark-veined Longhorn Bee, Drury's Long-horned Bee, Hairy-banded Mining Bee, Cloudy-winged Mining Bee 17
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Calycomyza promissa 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Greater Sage-Grouse, Western Calligrapher, Ruffed Grouse, Four-banded Stink Bug Wasp 11
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Heriades cressoni, Anthophora peritomae, Melissa Blue, Confusing Furrow Bee 224
  • Sheltered animals Animals that nest or roost in it Epicauta oregona 1

Children

  • Colonial White Praire Aster
  • Creeping White Prairie Aster

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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