Inconnu - Inadequate information on toxicity found.
Plant Names
Symphyotrichum shortii
Short's Aster
Aster de Short
Plant Characteristics
Couleur de floraison: Bleu
Bloom Period: Aug - Oct
Hauteur max: 3,0 feet
Max Width: 1,5 feet (spreads by rhizome)
Light Condition:
Less than 2 or 3 hours of direct sun a day
Soil conditions:
Tolerates medium soil condition
Less than 2 or 3 hours of direct sun a day
Tolerates medium soil condition
Lifespan:
Vivace
des plantes qui reviennent année après année
Gardener Experience:
Suitable for beginner gardeners
Spreads by rhizome
Facile à germer
Self-seeding
Suitable for beginner gardeners
Spreads by rhizome
Facile à germer
Self-seeding
Landscape Uses:
Suitable for rock gardens
Suitable for container garden
Suitable for school gardens
Suitable for woodland gardens
Suitable for rock gardens
Suitable for container garden
Suitable for school gardens
Suitable for woodland gardens
Ecological Benefits:
Butterfly host
Keystone species
Butterfly host
Keystone species
Tolerates:
Tolerates limestone conditions
Tolerates juglone conditions
Tolerates transplantation
Tolerates limestone conditions
Tolerates juglone conditions
Tolerates transplantation
Special Features and Considerations:
This plant is septic tank safe
This plant causes skin rashes
This plant is septic tank safe
This plant causes skin rashes
Seed and plant distribution status
No seeds available for this plant.
Nous acceptions les semences de cette plante
Faits intéressants
Short's Aster is a hardy native woodland perennial with lavender-blue to pale violet flowers and distinctive heart-shaped leaves. It blooms in late summer and fall, bringing colour to woodland gardens and shady borders when many other woodland plants have finished flowering. It is is named after Charles Wilkins Short, a 19th-century American botanist and physician. Its heart-shaped leaves are one of its most useful identification features. The flowers have a yellow centre that gradually becomes reddish-purple as the flower ages, adding subtle colour changes throughout the blooming period. It is one of the asters that does particularly well in woodland conditions, rather than requiring the full sun preferred by many prairie asters.
Plant Location
Distribution according to VASCAN
Ephemeral
Native
Introduced
Excluded
Extirpated
Doubtful
Absent
Canadensis
Thrives in Ecozones
- Bouclier boréal
- Plaines à forêts mixtes
Ecological Benefits
Butterflies Supported by Symphyotrichum shortii
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Cucullia convexipennis
Brown Hooded Owlet - Noctuelle Huppée de la Verge d'Or -
Eupithecia miserulata
American Common Pug -
Euplexia benesimilis
American Angle Shades -
Leuconycta diphteroides
Green Leuconycta -
Phyciodes cocyta
Northern Crescent - Croissant Nordique -
Trichordestra legitima
Striped Garden Caterpillar
Specialized Bees Supported by Symphyotrichum shortii
- Andrena aliciae
- Andrena asteris
- Andrena canadensis
- Andrena chromotricha
- Andrena hirticincta
- Andrena nubecula
- Andrena placata
- Andrena simplex
- Complexe Colletes americanus
- Complexe Colletes compactus
- Complexe Colletes simulans
- Dianthidium simile
- Melissodes agilis
- Melissodes druriellus
- Melissodes illatus
- Melissodes subillatus
- Melissodes trinodis
- Protandrena andrenoides
- Pseudopanurgus aestivalis
Complementary Plants
- Blephilia hirsuta
Hairy Wood Mint
Bléphilie hirsute - Carex sprengelii
Sprengel's Sedge
Carex de Sprengel - Clinopodium vulgare
Wild Basil
Sarriette vulgaire - Persicaria pensylvanica
Pennsylvania Smartweed
Renouée de Pennsylvanie - Phryma leptostachya
American Lopseed
Phryma à épis grêles
Substitute For Non-Native Plants
- Chrysanthemum (Mums)
- Rosa (Non-native Roses)
- Helianthus (Non-Native Sunflower)
- NA (Black Eyed Susan's Cultivars)
- Rudbeckia Triloba (Brown Eyed Susan's)
- Echinacea (Coneflowers)
- NA (Coreopsis cultivars)
- NA (Non-native False Sunflower)
- Symphiotrichum (Non-Native Aster)
- Melilotus albus (Sweet White Clover)
- Hesperis matronalis (Dame Rocket)
Sowing Information
Download Seed Envelope Labels (PDF)
- Sowing depth: Surface sow
- Sow by March
- Stratification duration: 30 days
- Self-seeding
Harvesting and Seed Sharing
- Harvest start month: October
- Harvesting indicator:
- Seeds have become fluffy and can be easily removed by shaking on gently pulling off from stem
- Harvesting:
- Secouer le porte-graines dans un sac de papier
- Seed viability test:
- Pas de test requis avant le don
- Packaging measure: 1 rounded 1/4 teaspoon
- Seed storage:
- Sécher à l'air dans un sac en papier ou contenant ouvert, pour quelques jours jusqu'à sec
- Secouer de temps à autre pour prévenir la moisissure
- Cultivar: No, you can donate without knowing the source as there are only straight species
- No harvesting video available at this time.
Toxicity Notes
Inadequate information on toxicity found.