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PLANTS

White panicle aster

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum

Plants
NativeHerbPerennial
White panicle aster, photo 1 of 5
White panicle aster, In flower
White panicle aster, In fruit

Perennial herbaceous plant. Grows in thickets and near water.

There are 627 observations of White panicle aster in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Montréal and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in 14 of the 17 regions. They peak in September and become rare from November to July.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montérégie132
  2. Montréal127
  3. Capitale-Nationale77
  4. Outaouais77
  5. Estrie60
  6. Chaudière-Appalaches39
  7. Lanaudière27
  8. Abitibi-Témiscamingue26
  9. Laurentides24
  10. Mauricie15
  11. Bas-Saint-Laurent9
  12. Laval6
  13. Centre-du-Québec6
  14. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean2

Habitat

ThicketsNicholas A. Tonelli
Water’s edgepeupleloup
Towns and gardensAlain Rouiller

Similar species

Hairy white oldfield asterSymphyotrichum pilosum
Smooth white oldfield asterSymphyotrichum racemosum
Calico asterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
Northern bog asterSymphyotrichum boreale
Bottomland asterSymphyotrichum ontarionis
White heath asterSymphyotrichum ericoides
Glossy-leaved asterSymphyotrichum firmum
New York asterSymphyotrichum novi-belgii
Purplestem asterSymphyotrichum puniceum
Parasol whitetopDoellingeria umbellata
Smooth blue asterSymphyotrichum laeve
Prairie fleabaneErigeron strigosus