Arrow Leaved Aster, White Arrow-leaved ASter, Symphyotrichum urophyllum (Aster sagittifolius), Native Minnesota Wildflower plant, Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden

	Plants of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
	Common Name	Scientific Name	Plant Family	Garden Location	Prime Season
	White Arrowleaf Aster	Symphyotrichum urophyllum (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom Old- Aster sagittifolius	Aster	Upland	Late Summer to Autumn
Other names and notes	An aster with flower small 1/2" to 3/4" flower heads that can be white to pale blue, with 8 to 20 rays, flowers appearing in an elongated conical branched cluster. Middle stem leaves are a narrow egg shape with shallow teeth, somewhat arrow shaped at the base; lower leaves can have heart shaped bases; most mature leaves with long winged stalks.


Blooms of late September

Notes: In the 33rd Report of the Board of Park Commissioners (for the year 1915), Eloise Butler wrote a section on the Wild Flower Garden and listed all the asters in the Garden. This plant was included on the list of 19 species. This plant was listed on Martha Crone's 1951 inventory of plants in the Garden at that time and probably has been in the Garden continuously. A variety of this species is reported as native to parts of Minnesota.

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References: Plant characteristics are generally from sources 15, 16, 30, 31, 33, W2 & W3. Distribution principally from W2 and also 31, 34 and W1. Planting history generally from 1, 4 & 4a. Other sources by specific reference. See Reference List for details.

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