Symphyotrichum ericoides(L.) G.L.Nesom

white heath aster

WFO wfo-0000065053 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Symphyotrichum ericoides, photographed by Brand R
fig. a Brand R, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-16 / obs. 172599360
Symphyotrichum ericoides, photographed by Reid Hardin
fig. b Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 166354699
Symphyotrichum ericoides, photographed by Rich Sommer
fig. c Rich Sommer, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 167649520
Symphyotrichum ericoides, photographed by Reid Hardin
fig. d Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164330591
Symphyotrichum ericoides, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. e Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 167055173
Symphyotrichum ericoides, photographed by Tim Gibson
fig. f Tim Gibson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 164087462
Symphyotrichum ericoides, photographed by rboles
fig. g rboles, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 161480927
Symphyotrichum ericoides, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. h Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159290346

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Flowering n = 1,899 observations

Peak flowering in Sep, from 1,899 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 46 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aster ciliatus Muhl.
  • Aster ciliatus Willd.
  • Aster ericoides L.
  • Aster ericoides f. ericoides
  • Aster ericoides f. exiguus Fernald
  • Aster ericoides f. gramsii Benke
  • Aster ericoides f. prostratus (Kuntze) Fernald
  • Aster ericoides subsp. ericoides
  • Aster ericoides subsp. pansus (S.F.Blake) A.G.Jones
  • Aster ericoides var. ericoides
  • Aster ericoides var. multiflorus (Aiton) Pers.
  • Aster ericoides var. pansus (S.F.Blake) B.Boivin
  • Aster ericoides var. prostratus S.F.Blake
  • Aster ericoides var. reevesii A.Gray
  • Aster ericoides var. stricticaulis (Torr. & A.Gray) F.C.Gates
  • Aster exiguus Rydb.
  • Aster glabellus Nees
  • Aster hebecladus DC.
  • Aster leptophyllus Hort.Par. ex DC.
  • Aster multiflorus Aiton
  • Aster multiflorus var. caeruleus Benke
  • Aster multiflorus var. exiguus Fernald
  • Aster multiflorus var. multiflorus
  • Aster multiflorus var. normalis Kuntze

and 22 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.