Heart-leaf Aster

Latin Name: Aster (Symphyotricum) cordifolium

Type: Forb/Flower

Light: Part Sun / Shade

Moisture: Dry / Dry-Mesic / Mesic / Wet-Mesic

Soil: Loam

Size: 1-3 feet

Color: Light Purple

Bloom Time: September / October

Description: An attactrive aster with pink to lavender flowers. The leaves are winged somewhat with long stems that rise to a deep lobe that forms the heart of the leaf. Found near moist sites, along ditchs.