This northeastern native aster provides excellent late season color with occasional white flowers as well as purple with cheerful yellow centers. Its blooms August to October.

Height: 1-3 feet
Width: 1-2 feet
Benefits for pollinators: It is a host plant for the Pearl Crescent butterfly (Phyciodes tharos). New York Aster is one of the larval host plants of the Silvery Checkerspot butterfly and the Pearl Crescent butterfly. 

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