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PLANTS

Hairy white oldfield aster

Symphyotrichum pilosum

Plants
NativeHerbPerennial
Hairy white oldfield aster, In flower
Hairy white oldfield aster, In fruit
Hairy white oldfield aster, photo 3 of 5

Perennial herbaceous plant. Grows in fields and near water.

There are 98 observations of Hairy white oldfield aster in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Montréal and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in 8 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. Montérégie41
  2. Montréal32
  3. Capitale-Nationale10
  4. Estrie5
  5. Laurentides3
  6. Outaouais3
  7. Laval2
  8. Lanaudière2

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
FieldsMario Hains
MarshAlexander Rumpel
Water’s edgeGogerr

Similar species

Smooth white oldfield asterSymphyotrichum racemosum
White panicle asterSymphyotrichum lanceolatum
White heath asterSymphyotrichum ericoides
Calico asterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
Glossy-leaved asterSymphyotrichum firmum
Eastern daisy fleabaneErigeron annuus
Bottomland asterSymphyotrichum ontarionis
Northern bog asterSymphyotrichum boreale
Prairie fleabaneErigeron strigosus
New York asterSymphyotrichum novi-belgii
annual saltmarsh asterSymphyotrichum subulatum
ButterweedErigeron canadensis