Asteraceae
Eastern silver aster
Symphyotrichum concolor
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Symphyotrichum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Eastern silver aster
Synonyms
- Aster concolor L.
- Aster concolor f. concolor
- Aster concolor f. lasiocaulis Fernald
- Aster concolor var. concolor
- Aster concolor var. simulatus (Small) R.W.Long
- Aster simulatus Small
- Lasallea concolor (L.) Semple & Brouillet
- Symphyotrichum concolor var. concolor
- Virgulus concolor (L.) Reveal & Keener
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christopher Warneke, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Doug Goldman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Doug Goldman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Doug Goldman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Doug Goldman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Doug Goldman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Doug Goldman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Doug Goldman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: File:Symphyotrichum carnerosanum 137208712.jpg : José Gerardo Velasco File:H2013, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.