Symphyotrichum novi-belgii Provenance:eco59: Bristol county - MA Songbirds feed from its seed

Songbirds feed from its seed heads in the fall

Essential to the survival of Monarch butterflies

with its perky

and it is noted particularly as a food source for the tiny weevil acanthoscelides aureoles that lives at the lowest level of the predatory food chain

daisy-like flowers with a fuzzy brown center from July to August

Symphyotrichum novi-belgii Provenance:eco59: Bristol county - MA Songbirds feed from its seedNew York Aster produces small, purplish, daisy like flowers from late summer to fall. It grows from 1 4 tall with a bushy growth form, and is a larval host plant of the Silvery Checkerspot butterfly and the Pearl Crescent butterfly. Bees and butterflies are drawn to its nectar, which is important in the late fall when other food sources are scarce. This aster thrives in various conditions and can help to stabilize soil.