Asteraceae

Stokes' aster

Stokesia laevis (Hill) Greene

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Stokesia

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Stokes' aster: Species : Stokesia laevis Family : Compositae Image No. 1 — Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (11)

Chinese: 琉璃菊, 美国蓝菊
Czech: Stokésie
English: Stokes' aster
German: Kornblumenaster
Japanese: ストケシア
Polish: Stokezja gładka
Portuguese: Stokesia
Romanian: Stokesia
Slovak: Stokesia
Spanish: Stokesia
Swedish: Blåklintsaster

Synonyms

Cartesia centauroides Cass.
Carthamus cyaneus Banks ex Steud.
Carthamus laevis Hill
Stokesia cyanea L'Hér.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.