Index / Search / Symphyotrichum lateriflorum var. lateriflorum
§1 Plant
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve var. lateriflorum
vernacular calico aster — variety · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Symphyotrichum
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 999 counties across 35 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 100 min.
- Precipitation
- 20–35 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.2–7.2
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 4 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Purple
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Fall
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 750,000
- Propagation
- seed, bare root
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- High
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 999 counties across 35 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 92 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Allen 18003
- Blackford 18009
- Boone 18011
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Gibson 18051
- Greene 18055
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Hendricks 18063
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Owen 18119
- Pike 18125
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Union 18161
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- Wells 18179
- Whitley 18183
Kansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boyd 21019
- Bracken 21023
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Garrard 21079
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Letcher 21133
- Lincoln 21137
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Nicholas 21181
- Oldham 21185
- Powell 21197
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 72 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clinton 26037
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Eaton 26045
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Iron 26071
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Mecosta 26107
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Ogemaw 26129
- Ontonagon 26131
- Oscoda 26135
- Otsego 26137
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Sanilac 26151
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Todd 27153
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Wright 27171
Mississippi view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Amite 28005
- Attala 28007
- Copiah 28029
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Greene 28041
- Grenada 28043
- Hinds 28049
- Humphreys 28053
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Lincoln 28085
- Lowndes 28087
- Madison 28089
- Marshall 28093
- Monroe 28095
- Neshoba 28099
- Newton 28101
- Panola 28107
- Pearl River 28109
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Sunflower 28133
- Tallahatchie 28135
- Tishomingo 28141
- Union 28145
- Washington 28151
- Webster 28155
- Winston 28159
- Yalobusha 28161
Missouri view state ↗ 79 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Audrain 29007
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Caldwell 29025
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- DeKalb 29063
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Knox 29103
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pemiscot 29155
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schoharie 36095
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 65 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Harrison 39067
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Lorain 39093
- Madison 39097
- Mahoning 39099
- Marion 39101
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Morgan 39115
- Morrow 39117
- Muskingum 39119
- Paulding 39125
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Putnam 39137
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Seneca 39147
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Union 39159
- Van Wert 39161
- Vinton 39163
- Warren 39165
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
Oklahoma view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenwood 45047
- Horry 45051
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- McCormick 45065
- Pickens 45077
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
South Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bedford 47003
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Cannon 47015
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Greene 47059
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardin 47071
- Henderson 47077
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lewis 47101
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Moore 47127
- Morgan 47129
- Obion 47131
- Overton 47133
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Scott 47151
- Sequatchie 47153
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Vermont view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Arlington 51013
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- King William 51101
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Page 51139
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Brooke 54009
- Fayette 54019
- Hancock 54029
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Marion 54049
- Marshall 54051
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monroe 54063
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Wetzel 54103
- Wyoming 54109
Wisconsin view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Burnett 55013
- Calumet 55015
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
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