Texas Aster
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Other Names Drummond Aster
Scientific Name Symphyotricum drummondii
Family Name Aster ( Asteraceae )
 
Composite

Erect, 1-3 ft tall.

Flower: To 1 in. across. Ray flowers white to pale blue or lavender. Disk flowers yellow or lavender.

Leaves: Simple, alternate. Blade of main leaves 2-5 in. long, heart to egg shaped, leaf stalk winged; surface rough, margins toothed. Upper leaves much reduced.
Reference:
Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller Texas Wildflowers, Revised Edition (2006) p. 50
Delena Tull, George Oxford Miller Wildflowers, Trees & Shrubs of Texas p. 28
Fall
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