Bush Aster

Symphyotrichum dumosum
(Rice Button Aster)
Español: Plumbago
Wildflower garden, meadow.

Tolerance

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Habitat

Sandhills, flatwoods, pine-oak-hickory woods, floodplains, secondary woods, cutthroat seep.

Did You Know?

  • Showy flowers
  • Attracts pollinators, especially native bees.
  • Larval host plant for pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos) butterflies.