Asteraceae
Rice button aster
Symphyotrichum dumosum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Symphyotrichum
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 灌丛紫菀
- Danish
- Pudeasters
- English
- Rice button aster
- Russian
- Aster 'Herbstgruss von Bresserhof', Aster 'Early Blue', Астра кустарниковая
- Slovenian
- Jesenska astra
Synonyms
- Aster dumosus L.
- Aster dumosus f. monocephalus Farw.
- Aster dumosus var. albus Pursh
- Aster dumosus var. dumosus
- Aster dumosus var. foliosus Alph.Wood
- Aster dumosus var. subracemosus Torr. & A.Gray
- Aster dumosus var. violaceus Pursh
- Aster foliolosus Elliott
- Aster foliosus Pers.
- Aster gracilipes Alexander ex Small
- Aster sparsiflorus Michx.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Becky, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pete Grannis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: psweet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Becky, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Becky, CC0, 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.