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North Carolina
Heartleaf Aster in flower
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Heartleaf Aster

Symphyotrichum cordifolium

Pearl Crescent caterpillars feed on its leaves. It grows wild in 36 of North Carolina’s 100 counties.

Light
Full shade to full sun
Soil
Dry to moist soil
Size
2.5 ft to 4 ft tall, 1.8 ft wide
Flowers
Blue
Leaves
Deciduous
Roots
Spreading rhizomes or runners; wants 10 in of soil
Kind
Wildflower
Add to a bedPlan it in a pot

At its grown size

Heartleaf Aster, drawn in a bed

in flowerfall colorbare for winter

What it feeds

Butterflies
Host plant for the Pearl Crescent
Caterpillars
94 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 tallSmall's Ragwort2.3 ft tallRobin's-plantain1.5 ft tallBlack Huckleberry2 ft tallBlack-eyed Susan3 ft tall

Facts from the Quercus record for Symphyotrichum cordifolium.