White pairie aster, Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides
W. 11th St. Park Butterfly Garden, Houston, Texas.
28 October 2006
Biosparite writes; This tiny aster, about 8 mm or so, was driving a lot of the bee and butterfly nectaring activity this past summer at the W. 11th st. Park. People with grass lawns consider it a weedy nuisance as it will run along the ground when it is mown a lot. The plants I was monitoring stood around four feet high and had hundreds of flowers open, yielding a mild scent detectable several inches away from the flower masses.
Image: Biosparite.
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