swap_horiz Smooth Aster Alternatives

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Fringed Gentian

Fringed gentian, commonly identified as Gentianopsis crinita, is a biennial wildflower native to eastern North America....

Meadow Blue Fall Native

8.8 Great

2

Dense Blazing Star

Dense blazing star, Liatris spicata, is a herbaceous perennial in the aster family native to moist prairies, meadows, an...

Summer Native Purple Prairie

8.4 Great

3

Closed Gentian

Closed gentian, Gentiana andrewsii, is a perennial wildflower native to eastern and central North America. Its blue to v...

Meadow Blue Fall Native

8.1 Great

4

Maximilian Sunflower

Maximilian sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) is a tall perennial sunflower native to the central and western regions of...

Fall Yellow Native Prairie

8.0 Great

5

New England Aster

The New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) is a robust herbaceous perennial native to moist meadows, prairies,...

Meadow Fall Composite Purple

7.8 Good

6

Mistflower

Mistflower, Conoclinium coelestinum, is a perennial wildflower native to eastern and central North America. Its compact...

Blue Fall Woodland Native

7.8 Good

7

Wreath Goldenrod

Wreath goldenrod, Solidago caesia, is a perennial wildflower native to eastern North America and a member of the aster f...

Fall Yellow Woodland Native

7.7 Good

8

Common Goldenrod

Common goldenrod, Solidago canadensis, is a perennial flowering plant in the aster family, native to much of North Ameri...

Meadow Fall Yellow Native

7.6 Good

9

Sky Blue Aster

Sky blue aster, Symphyotrichum oolentangiense, is a perennial wildflower native to central and eastern North America. It...

Blue Fall Native Prairie

7.6 Good

10

Tall Goldenrod

Tall goldenrod, Solidago altissima, is a perennial member of the aster family native across much of North America. It fo...

Meadow Fall Yellow Native

7.5 Good

11

New York Ironweed

New York ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) is a tall herbaceous perennial native to the eastern United States, distingu...

Meadow Fall Composite Tall

7.3 Good

12

Robin's Plantain

Robin's Plantain (Erigeron pulchellus) is a herbaceous perennial wildflower in the aster family, Asteraceae, native to e...

Meadow Spring White Native

7.3 Good

13

Calico Aster

Calico aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum) is a perennial wildflower in the aster family native to eastern and central N...

Fall White Woodland Native

7.2 Good

14

Stiff Gentian

Stiff gentian (Gentianella quinquefolia) is an annual or biennial wildflower in the gentian family native to eastern Nor...

Meadow Fall Native Purple

7.1 Good

15

Stiff Aster

Stiff aster (Ionactis linariifolia) is a compact perennial wildflower in the aster family native to eastern North Americ...

Fall Native Purple Rocky

7.1 Good

16

Tall Thistle

Tall thistle (Cirsium altissimum) is a biennial or short-lived perennial in the aster family native to eastern and centr...

Meadow Summer Native Purple

7.0 Good

17

Daisy Fleabane

Daisy fleabane, Erigeron annuus, is an annual or biennial member of the aster family native to North America and natural...

Meadow Summer White Native

6.9 Fair

18

Field Thistle

Field thistle, Cirsium discolor, is a biennial or short-lived perennial thistle native to eastern and central North Amer...

Meadow Summer Native Purple

6.9 Fair

19

White Snakeroot

A North American woodland perennial whose toxic tremetol compound caused milk sickness, the disease that killed Abraham...

Fall White Woodland Native

6.6 Fair

20

Salsify

Salsify (Tragopogon species) are European plants naturalized in North America, historically grown for their edible tapro...

Meadow Summer Purple Introduced

6.6 Fair