White Panicle Aster

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum

native · Central Texas

White Panicle Aster is a perennial wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 4–6 ft tall and 4 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water, and handles clay soil. Blooms blue, pink, violet and white in summer and fall. Good for bees, butterflies, beetles and moths.

Wet ground only. Usually found in wetlands and creek bottoms. It wants reliably moist ground and struggles in a dry upland bed.

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The facts

4 sources

Type: Perennial wildflower
Sun: Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
Water: Medium
Height: 4–6 ft
Spread: 4 ft
Bloom: Summer, Fall · blue, pink, violet, white
Foliage: Deciduous or dies back in winter
Soil: Takes clay · recorded on clay, loam, moist, sand, well drained
Wildlife: Supports bees, butterflies, beetles and moths

Where it grows

Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:

Northern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesLimestone Cut PlainSan Antonio Prairie

36 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.