Calico Aster
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
Pearl Crescent caterpillars feed on its leaves. It grows wild in 2 of Georgia’s 159 counties.
- Light
- Part shade to full sun
- Soil
- Dry to moist soil
- Size
- 3 ft to 4 ft tall, 1.5 ft wide
- Flowers
- White and purple
- Roots
- A clump of fibrous roots; wants 10 in of soil
- Kind
- Wildflower
At its grown size
in flower
What it feeds
- Butterflies
- Host plant for the Pearl Crescent
- Caterpillars
- 81 kinds of caterpillars
- Bees
- 79 kinds of native bees
- Birds
- 3 kinds of birds
- On its flowers
- Common eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens), Tri-colored bumble bee (Bombus ternarius), Ligated furrow bee (Halictus ligatus), Pure green sweat bee (Augochlora pura)
Grows well with
New Jersey Tea
Bluestem Goldenrod
Sweet Goldenrod
Wrinkle-leaf Goldenrod
Black-eyed Susan
Small's Ragwort
Dwarf Azalea
Yellow Wild IndigoFacts from the Quercus record for Symphyotrichum lateriflorum.