Connecticut Plants
Lowrie's Aster
Symphyotrichum lowrieanum
- Synonyms: 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
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.