Symphyotrichum lateriflorum

Family:

Asteraceae

Common Name(s):

Side-flowered aster, Calico aster

Synonyms:

Aster lateriflorus

Flowering Time:

August to September

Fruit/Seed Maturation Sign:

Pappus expands

Fruit/Seed Collection Dates:

Start early October; achenes persist on plant for several weeks

Seed Cleaning:

None required

Storage:

Dry

Restoration Potential:

Proven performer

Notes

Transplants in a field study had 16% survival after 7 years (Mottl et al. 2006);

Seed output high; self-sows (Barkely 1986, Gleason and Cronquist 1991, Mottl et al. 2006).

Colonial, spreading from elongate rhizomes and numerous stolons (Fernald 1950).