>Wildflowers
White
Pink
Red and Orange
Yellow
Blue and Purple
Green and Brown
• Ferns
• Rare Plants
• Gardening with
Native Plants
• Plant ID Guides
• Links
The Society
• Home
• Field Trips
• Meetings
• Newsletter
• Membership
• Get Involved
• Contact Us
• About this Web Site
Lowrie's Aster
Symphyotrichum lowrieanum (Aster lowrieanus)
• Family: Aster (Asteraceae)
• Habitat: woods
• Height: 12-36 inches
• Flower size: flowerheads 1/2 to 3/4 inch across
• Flower color: rays blue-purple to almost white; disk yellow aging to red-purple
• Flowering time: August to October
• Origin: native
next in aster family
Lowrie's aster is similar in overall appearance and habitat to heart-leaved aster, but they can be distinguished by the leaves. Leaves of Lowrie's aster are very smooth to the touch and they have winged petioles -- that is, the leaf continues down the leaf stalk to the point where it joins the stem. Heart-leaved aster has hairy leaves, and the leaves generally do not have winged petioles. |