Frost aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum (Willd.) G.L.Nesom
- light
- Full sun
- water
- —
- tall
- 91 cm
- wide
- 91 cm
Asteraceae
Also called Hairy white oldfield aster, Frost Michaelmas-daisy, Heath Aster, Awl aster
Formerly Aster pilosus
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- E. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 61 cm to 1.2 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 61 cm to 1.2 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellowRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -34.4 °C (USDA zone 4a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- root
- SYMPIL, SYMPILO
- Korean
- 미국쑥부쟁이
- Japanese
- キダチコンギク
- Chinese (China)
- 尖苞联毛紫菀, 白孔雀
- Chinese
- 白孔雀, 尖苞紫菀
- Swedish
- filtaster
- Russian
- Симфиотрихум волосистый
- Lithuanian
- Pūkuotasis astrūnas
- French
- Aster poilu
- Italian
- Astro peloso
- German
- Behaarte Herbstaster
- Polish
- aster kosmaty
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Symphyotrichum pilosum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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