Symphyotrichum laeve (Smooth Aster)

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Common Name:  Smooth Aster

Attracts:  Bees, Butterflies

Use:  Naturalizing

Light:  Full Sun

Hardiness Zone:  3 to 8   USDA Zone Map

Soils:  Dry to Moist

Flower Time:  September - October

Flower Color:  Violet to Purple with Yellow Centers

Height:  2' - 4'

Notes:  Symphyotrichum laeve, Smooth Aster, is a popular native Aster providing purple flowers with distinctly yellow center on unbranched stems, attracting a plethora of butterflies.  Noted as deer-resistant by Wild Seed Project.

Host plant of VT Bee Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN):
Agapostemon splendens (Brown-Winged Striped-Sweat bee)
Andrena canadensis (Canada Miner bee)
Bombus affinis (Rusty-Patched Bumble bee) presumed extinct!
Bombus citrinus (Lemon Cuckoo Bumble bee) 
Bombus fervidus (Golden Northern Bumble bee)
Bombus terricola (Yellow-Banded Bumble bee)
Dianthidium simile (Northeastern Pebble bee) presumed extinct!
Hylaeus basalis (Cinquefoil Masked bee)
Lasioglossum novascotiae (Nova Scotia Metallic-Sweat bee)
Lasioglossum tenax (Tenacious Metallic-Sweat bee)
Nomada banksi (Banks' Nomad bee)

Native to NY, NH, MA, ME, CT, RE and almost all of the US (rare in southern VT):  Biota of North America Program (BONAP) – North American Plant Atlas (NAPA).