Stokes's Aster
Stokesia laevis
Blue, purple and white flowers from June into August, worked by chimney bees. It grows wild in 13 of Mississippi’s 82 counties.
- Light
- Part shade to full sun
- Soil
- Moist soil
- Size
- 1.5 ft to 2 ft tall, 1.2 ft wide
- Flowers
- Blue, purple and white, Jun to Aug
- Leaves
- Deciduous
- Kind
- Wildflower
At its grown size
in flowerfall colorbare for winter
What it feeds
- Bees
- 16 kinds of native bees
- On its flowers
- Chimney bee (Melitoma taurea)
Grows well with
Robin's-plantain
Narrowleaf Sundrops
New Jersey Tea
Bluestem Goldenrod
Wild Geranium
Calico Aster
Small's Ragwort
Sweet GoldenrodFacts from the Quercus record for Stokesia laevis.