Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District
Stiff
Aster
(White Aster)
Aster ptarmicoides
[C-value
10]
Aster
family (Asteraceae)
Blooms August -
September
The native Stiff Aster is rare in our area. It prefers full sun and dry sandy or gravely soil. It is an upright, low-growing, open, bristly perennial up to 2' tall with rough, rigid, narrow leaves and open showy clusters of stringy, dime-sized white blooms.
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Stiff Aster at Subat Forest Preserve September 11, 2013
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Stiff Aster at Subat Forest Preserve September 11, 2013
Stiff Aster foliage at Subat Forest Preserve September 11, 2013
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