Asteraceae
Western meadow aster
Symphyotrichum campestre
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Symphyotrichum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Western meadow aster
Synonyms
- Aster bloomeri A.Gray
- Aster campestris Nutt.
- Aster campestris subsp. campestris
- Aster campestris subsp. suksdorfii Piper
- Aster campestris var. bloomeri A.Gray
- Aster campestris var. campestris
- Symphyotrichum campestre var. bloomeri (A.Gray) G.L.Nesom
- Symphyotrichum campestre var. campestre
- Virgulus campestris (Nutt.) Reveal & Keener
- Virgulus campestris var. bloomeri (A.Gray) Reveal & Keener
- Virgulus campestris var. campestris
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Martin Purdy, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: File:North America second level political division 2 and Greenland.svg : Alex Co, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.