Wildflower (forb) · Asteraceae
White panicle aster
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum · includes its varieties and subspecies
White panicle aster is recorded as native to 46 states and territories in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 1,210 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Key facts · USDA PLANTS
White panicle aster at a glance
- Native in
- 1,210 counties, across 46 states and territories
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Zone 3b PLANTS minimum temperature −38°F
- Mature height
- 6 ft PLANTS mature height
- Light and water
- Sun to part shade High water use
Estimated cold hardiness: zone 3b. PLANTS gives a minimum temperature of −38°F; zone 3b winters bottom out at −35°F, the coldest half-zone that stays within that limit.
White panicle aster is recorded as native to 46 states and territories in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 1,210 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Counties where it is native
The 15 counties with the most ZIP codes among the 1,210 where it is listed.
Native counties by state
- Alabama 3 counties
- Arizona 6 counties
- Arkansas 18 counties
- California 15 counties
- Colorado 16 counties
- Connecticut statewide record
- District of Columbia 1 county
- Florida 3 counties
- Georgia 2 counties
- Idaho 17 counties
- Illinois 81 counties
- Indiana 40 counties
- Iowa 15 counties
- Kansas 67 counties
- Kentucky 29 counties
- Louisiana 20 counties
- Maine 16 counties
- Massachusetts 12 counties
- Michigan 66 counties
- Minnesota 72 counties
- Mississippi 12 counties
- Missouri 41 counties
- Montana 8 counties
- Nebraska 61 counties
- Nevada 8 counties
- New Hampshire 10 counties
- New Jersey 18 counties
- New Mexico 19 counties
- New York 46 counties
- North Carolina 7 counties
- North Dakota 49 counties
- Ohio 64 counties
- Oklahoma 3 counties
- Oregon 1 county
- Pennsylvania 64 counties
- Rhode Island 2 counties
- South Dakota 43 counties
- Tennessee 27 counties
- Texas 29 counties
- Utah 19 counties
- Vermont 12 counties
- Virginia 72 counties
- Washington 1 county
- West Virginia 15 counties
- Wisconsin 65 counties
- Wyoming 15 counties
Growing traits
Values from the PLANTS characteristics record of a variety (SYLAH6). “Not recorded” means PLANTS has no value; nothing here is estimated except the zone.
Growth
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Mature height
- 6 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Shape
- Erect
- Lifespan
- Long
- Active growth period
- Summer and Fall
Light and water
- Shade tolerance
- Intermediate (sun to part shade)
- Moisture use
- High water use
- Drought tolerance
- Low
- Tolerance of waterlogged soil
- Medium
- Precipitation range
- 12 to 32 in per year
Soil
- Soil textures
- Coarse, medium and fine
- pH range
- 5.8 to 7.4
- Lime (CaCO₃) tolerance
- Medium
- Salinity tolerance
- None
- Fertility requirement
- Medium
- Minimum root depth
- 12 in
Climate
- Minimum temperature
- −38°F
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Zone 3b and warmer
- Minimum frost-free days
- 80
- Fire tolerance
- High
Flowers, leaves and fruit
- Flower color
- Yellow
- Showy flowers
- Yes
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Foliage color
- Green
- Showy in fall
- Yes
- Keeps leaves
- No
- Fruit color
- Brown
Other
- Toxicity
- None
- Nitrogen fixation
- None
- Nursery availability
- No Known Source
- Family
- Asteraceae
- PLANTS symbol
- SYLA6
Source & data date
- Source
- USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
- Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
- USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
- Citation
- USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
- Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
- Data date
- Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
- Scope
- Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (PLANTS symbol SYLA6), including 7 varieties and subspecies folded into the species.
- Method
- A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources