- Type:
- Herb
- Light Exposure:
- Full Sun, Partial Sun
- Soil Moisture:
- Dry
- Height:
- 3 feet
- Project:
- Shoreline Buffer
- Bloom Color:
- White
- Bloom Months:
- September, October
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- Moderate
- Salt Tolerance:
- Medium
- Stress Tolerance:
- Drought Tolerant
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Low
- Behavior (Rate of Spread):
- 2
- Pollinator Value:
- Very High
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- Adult Food, Larval Food
- Pollinators:
- Beetles, Bombus, Butterflies, Flies, Honey Bees, Larval Host (Butterfly), Larval Host (Moth), Monarchs, Moths, Native Bees, Wasps
- Counties:
- Anoka, Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Cass, Chippewa, Clay, Clearwater, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodgee, Douglas, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Grant, Hennepin, Houston, Hubbardard, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Kittson, Lac qui, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Lincoln, Lyon, Mahnomen, Marshall, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Morrison, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Norman, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Pennington, Pine, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Red Lake, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Roseau, SCottonwood, Sherburne, Sibley, St. Louis, Stearns, Steele, Stevens, Swift, Todd, Traverse, Wabasha, Waseca, Washington, Watonwan, Wilkin, Winona, Wright, Yellow Medicine
Notes/Description:
Heath Aster produces white flowers that can sometimes take on a pale blue or pink hue. It thrives in medium to dry soils and easily spreads and self-seeds.