Wood Aster
The range of Aster divaricatus extends from southeastern Canada south through most of the eastern United States.
Wood aster. This is a woodland aster that occurs in dry open woods in clearings on roadsides and on the edges of deciduous forests. Eurybia divaricata L GL. Found in deciduous woods and along roadsides of the Eastern US.
Family Asteraceae Genus Eurybia is a genus of woody perennials. White wood aster is an eastern species common throughout New England except confined to the southern portion of Maine. Nesom white wood aster Subordinate Taxa.
Protect from slugs and snails and watch out for diseases such as leaf spot. Blue wood aster S. Symphyotrichum cordifolium Blue Wood Aster is a stout herbaceous perennial boasting branched upright-arching stems topped by profuse clusters of daisy-like flowers in late summer and fall.
Distinctive leaves are heart-shaped stalked and coarsely toothed. It grows in loose clumps with dark sprawling sometimes zigzag stems up to 25 tall. The strongly heart-shaped leaves with large coarse teeth are distinctive.
Small but abundant flowers to 1 inch across have white rays and yellow to red center disks and appear in flat-topped terminal clusters in late summer to early fall. Woods Purple is a compact aster form that is similar to A. Aster divaricatus LP50 - 50 per flat.
This plant has no children Legal Status. Eurybia divaricata formerly Aster divaricatus commonly known as the white wood aster is an herbaceous plant native to eastern North America. Blooming for weeks the flowers usually less than 1 in.