#1755 most planted
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Common blue wood aster · also Heartleaf aster, Blue wood-aster, Beeweed
Ornamental
20
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
1
city
7.9 yr
median age (100% have a planting date)
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Symphyotrichum cordifolium is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant native to central and eastern North America. It grows up to 1.2 meters (4 feet) tall and produces bluish daisy-like flowers that bloom in late summer and fall.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 200.02%7.9 yr—
Traits
- Form
- Ornamental
- Mature height
- 3.9 ft
- Blooms
- Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- New England-Acadian forests
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands
- Central US forest-grasslands transition