Asteraceae
Blue wood aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Symphyotrichum
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Symphyotrichum cordifoliumAsteraceae
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 心叶紫菀
- Czech
- Hvězdnice srdcolistá
- Danish
- Hjertebladet Asters
- English
- Blue wood aster, Common blue wood aster, Heartleaf aster, Blue wood-aster, Lowrie's blue wood aster
- Russian
- Aster 'Little Carlow'
Synonyms
- Aster cordifolius L.
- Aster cordifolius subsp. cordifolius
- Aster cordifolius subsp. laevigatus (Porter) A.G.Jones
- Aster cordifolius subsp. sagittifolius (Willd.) A.G.Jones
- Aster cordifolius var. alvearius E.S.Burgess
- Aster cordifolius var. cordifolius
- Aster cordifolius var. furbishiae Fernald
- Aster cordifolius var. glabratus Hollick & Britton
- Aster cordifolius var. incisus Britton
- Aster cordifolius var. laevigatus Porter
- Aster cordifolius var. lanceolatus Porter
- Aster cordifolius var. moratus Shinners
- Aster cordifolius var. pedicellatus E.S.Burgess
- Aster cordifolius var. polycephalus Porter
- Aster cordifolius var. racemiflorus Fernald
- Aster cordifolius var. sagittifolius (Willd.) A.G.Jones
- Aster finkii var. moratus Shinners
- Aster heterophyllus Willd.
- Aster lecophyllus Porter
- Aster lecophyllus var. lecophyllus
- Aster lowrieanus Porter
- Aster lowrieanus var. bicknellii Porter
- Aster lowrieanus var. incisus Porter
- Aster lowrieanus var. lanceolatus Porter
- Aster lowrieanus var. lowrieanus
- Aster pallidulus B.Vogel
- Aster plumarius E.S.Burgess
- Aster pubescens Nees
- Aster pubescens Hornem.
- Aster sagittifolius Wedem. ex Willd.
- Aster sagittifolius f. sagittifolius
- Aster sagittifolius var. sagittifolius
- Leiachenis cordifolia Raf.
- Solidago cordifolia Moench
- Symphyotrichum cordifolium var. cordifolium
- Symphyotrichum cordifolium var. furbishiae (Fernald) G.L.Nesom
- Symphyotrichum cordifolium var. lanceolatum (Porter) G.L.Nesom
- Symphyotrichum cordifolium var. moratum (Shinners) G.L.Nesom
- Symphyotrichum cordifolium var. polycephalum (Porter) G.L.Nesom
- Symphyotrichum cordifolium var. racemiflorum (Fernald) G.L.Nesom
and 2 more.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
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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.