New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Yellow and purple flowers from September into October, worked by common eastern bumble bees and tri-colored bumble bees. Pearl Crescent caterpillars feed on its leaves. It grows wild in 7 of North Carolina’s 100 counties.
- Light
- Part shade to full sun
- Soil
- Dry to moist soil
- Size
- 4.5 ft to 6 ft tall, 2 ft wide
- Flowers
- Yellow and purple, Sep to Oct
- Kind
- Wildflower
At its grown size
in flower
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
Dwarf Azalea
Swamp Azalea
Coastal Plain Joe-pye-weed
Sweet Goldenrod
Wrinkle-leaf Goldenrod
Narrowleaf Sunflower
Fragrant Sumac
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Facts from the Quercus record for Symphyotrichum novae-angliae.