Southern Annual Saltmarsh Aster
Symphyotrichum divaricatumnative · Central Texas
Southern Annual Saltmarsh Aster is a wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 6 ft tall. It wants full sun or part shade. Blooms white, pink, blue and purple in Aug–Oct.
Wet ground only. A wetland plant: it needs standing water or saturated soil — a pond edge, creek bank or rain garden, not a dry upland bed.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
- Height
- About 6 ft
- Bloom
- Aug–Oct · white, pink, blue, purple
Where it grows
578 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.