From June through October, daisy-like, golden-yellow flowers bloom in clusters atop erect, one-foot stems lined with soft foliage. This aster grows best in sandy, medium-moist, well-drained soils, but it adapts to other types of soils and grows at a medium to rapid rate. 
 
Plant Characteristics:
Grows 1 to 2-1/2' tall and 1 to 2' wide.
 
Prefers full or part sun.
 
Grows in average to moist, sandy, loamy, rocky, and clay soils with good drainage. Drought tolerant once established.
 
Stems emerge from rosette of woolly basal leaves 3-6" long. Stem leaves are lance shaped and smaller.
 
Reproductive System: Disc flowers are hermaphroditic (having both male and female organs) and are pollinated by insects.
 
Wildlife Value: Members of this genus support 3 specialized bee species. Asters are a host plant for 112 species of Lepidoptera larvae. Moderate resistance to deer.
 
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