Plant Type

Perennial

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

Blue, Violet

 

Flower Season

Summer, Fall

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Aromatic aster is a high plains native, that typically occurs on limestone glades, slopes, prairies and dry open ground. A bushy, stiff, compact, low-growing plant with hairy stems. Typically grows 1 to 2 feet tall, though infrequently to 3 tall, and about as wide. It has small, daisy-like flowers with violet blue rays and yellow center disks. Rigid, toothless, oblong, blue-green leaves are, as the common name suggests, fragrant when crushed. Good cut flower. Attractive to butterflies. Tolerates poorer and drier soils than other asters. There are named cultivars available, selected for color or habit.