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Kentucky
Calico Aster in flower
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Calico Aster

Symphyotrichum lateriflorum

Pearl Crescent caterpillars feed on its leaves. It grows wild in 39 of Kentucky’s 120 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
Add to a bedPlan it in a pot

At its grown size

Calico Aster, drawn in a bed

in flower

What it feeds

Butterflies
Host plant for the Pearl Crescent
Caterpillars
96 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 Tea2.5 ft tallBluestem Goldenrod2.5 ft tallSweet Goldenrod4 ft tallWrinkle-leaf Goldenrod4 ft tallBlack-eyed Susan3 ft tallSmall's Ragwort2.3 ft tallRobin's-plantain1.5 ft tallWild Bergamot3 ft tall

Facts from the Quercus record for Symphyotrichum lateriflorum.