White Panicle Aster
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
93
Keystone
Native to Arkansas. How scores work Is it native here?
Profile 71%
- Height
- Up to about 6 feet
- Soil moisture
- Average to wet
At a glance
- Life cycle
- Perennial
Not yet recorded · Spread · Light · Leaves · Bloom
Bloom: NC species account not read yet.
Spread, light and leaves: no source found yet.
This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.
Recorded in 8 Arkansas counties.
Also found with this plant
Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food. 70 animals.
Widespread birds also seen here (54)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Brown Creeper
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Cliff Swallow
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Great Horned Owl
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Harris's Sparrow
- Hooded Merganser
- Indigo Bunting
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Osprey
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-throated Sparrow
- Wild Turkey
- Wood Thrush
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
79CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AR
Genus host records with ranges including AR · Symphyotrichum
- Phyciodes tharosPearl Crescent
- Abagrotis magnicupidaOne-Dotted Dart
- Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
- Agnorisma badinodisPale-Banded Dart
- Agrotis gladiariaSwordsman Dart, Clay-Backed Cut-Worm
- Allagrapha aereaUnspotted Looper Moth
- Biston betulariaSalt-and-Pepper Geometer, Cleft-Headed Looper
- Bucculatrix angustataNarrow Bucculatrix
- Cenopis reticulatanaReticulated Fruitworm Moth
- Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
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- Chlosyne gorgoneGorgone Checkerspot
- Chlosyne nycteisSilvery Checkerspot
- Chytonix palliatriculaCloaked Marvel
- Cochylichroa hoffmananaHoffman's Cochlid Moth
- Condica sutorThe Cobbler, Cobbler Groundling
- Condica vidensWhite-Dotted Groundling
- Ctenoplusia oxygrammaSharp-Stigma Looper Moth
- Cucullia alfarataCamphorweed Cucullia, Halloween Paint, Camphorweed Cucullia
- Cucullia asteroidesThe Asteroid, Asteroid Paint, Goldenrod Hooded Owlet
- Cucullia speyeriSpeyer's Cucullia, Speyer's Paint
- Dichomeris bilobellaBilobed Dichomeris Moth
- Dichomeris flavocostellaCream-Edged Dichomeris
- Dichomeris juncidellaOrange-Dotted Dichomeris
- Dichomeris nonstrigellaLittle Devil, The Little Devil
- Dichomeris ochripalpellaShining Dichomeris Moth
- Dichomeris setosellaHairy Dichomeris
- Epiblema scudderianaScudder's Epiblema, Goldenrod Gall Moth
- Eucosma ochroterminanaBuff-Tipped Phaneta
- Eucosma parmatanaAster Eucosma, Aster Flowerhead Caterpillar
- Eucosma tomonanaAster-Head Phaneta
- Eupithecia absinthiataWormwood Pug, Composite Pug
- Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
- Euplexia benesimilisAmerican Angle Shades
- Eusarca confusariaConfused Eusarca
- Feltia herilisMaster's Dart
- Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
- Heliothis phloxiphagaSpotted Straw Sun Moth, Darker Spotted Straw Moth
- Herpetogramma pertextalisBold-Feathered Grass Moth
- Herpetogramma thestealisZigzag Herpetogramma, Subtle-Feathered Grass Moth
- Homoeosoma electellaSunflower Moth
- Junonia coeniaCommon Buckeye
- Lacinipolia meditataThe Thinker
- Lacinipolia renigeraBristly Ground Cat, Bristly Cutworm Moth, Kidney Spotted "Mamestra"
- Lascoria ambigualisAmbiguous Moth, Ambiguous Litter Moth
- Leuconycta diphteroidesGreen Leuconycta
- Melanchra pictaPainted Arches, Zebra Caterpillar Moth
- Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
- Ochropleura implectaAmerican Flame-Shouldered Dart
- Orthodes majusculaRustic Quaker, Rustic Groundcat
- Palthis angulalisDark-Spotted Palthis
- Papaipema cataphractaBurdock Border, Potato-Stalk Borer
- Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
- Pero morrisonariaMorrison's Pero
- Phycitodes reliquellaWhite-Edged Phycitodes
- Platynota flavedanaBlack-Shaded Platynota
- Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
- Ponometia candefactaOlive-Shaded Bird-Dropping Moth
- Pseudorthodes vecorsSmall Brown Quaker, Small Brown Groundcat
- Pyrrharctia isabellaIsabella Tiger Moth, Banded Woolybear
- Schinia arcigeraArcigera Flower Moth
- Schinia septentrionalisNorthern Flower Moth
- Scopula inductataSoft-Lined Wave
- Sonia canadanaCanadian Sonia Moth
- Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
- Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
- Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
- Synchlora aerataWavy-Lined Emerald, Camouflaged Looper
- Synchlora frondariaSouthern Emerald
- Tornos scolopacinariaDimorphic Gray
- Trichoplusia niNi Moth, Cabbage Looper Moth
- Trichordestra legitimaStriped Garden Caterpillar Moth
- Udea rubigalisCelery Leaftier
- Vanessa virginiensisAmerican Lady, American Painted Lady
- Xestia smithiiSmith's Dart
- Coleophora laurentella
- Dichomeris agonia
- Landryia matutella
- Paralobesia vernoniana
- Xenotemna pallorana
79BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Symphyotrichum
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
45Specialist beesPollen specialists
Pollen specialists · Symphyotrichum
- Andrena asteris
- Andrena asteroides
- Andrena braccata
- Andrena bullata
- Andrena canadensis
- Andrena chromotricha
- Andrena fulvipennis
- Andrena hirticincta
- Andrena nubecula
- Andrena placata
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- Andrena simplex
- Anthophorula asteris
- Ashmeadiella bucconis
- Calliopsis coloradensis
- Colletes americanus
- Colletes compactus
- Colletes rufocinctus
- Colletes simulans
- Colletes speculiferus
- Dianthidium curvatum
- Dianthidium simile
- Dieunomia nevadensis
- Melissodes boltoniae
- Melissodes confusus
- Melissodes denticulatus
- Melissodes dentiventris
- Melissodes druriellus
- Melissodes fumosus
- Melissodes illatus
- Melissodes menuachus
- Melissodes niveus
- Melissodes subillatus
- Melissodes trinodis
- Melissodes vernoniae
- Melissodes wheeleri
- Paranthidium jugatorium
- Perdita bruneri
- Perdita ignota
- Perdita octomaculata
- Perdita xanthismae
- Protandrena aestivalis
- Protandrena andrenoides
- Protandrena citripes
- Protandrena compositarum
- Protandrena illinoiensis
3BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Aster
- Alectoris chukarChukar
- Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse
- Centrocercus urophasianusGreater Sage-Grouse
Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Flower color
- White, pink, blue or violet
What its natural habitat tells you
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Growing sources and scope
- Flower color · “White, pink, blue or violet” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Height · “Up to about 6 feet” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (ranked first; Minnesota Wildflowers differs)
- Life cycle · “Perennial” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Also known as
Aster simplex; Eastern Lined Aster; White Panicled Aster; aster
Conservation status
| Arkansas rank | SNR |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G5 |
| AR status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
In your garden
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Sources
- Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas (2013)
- USDA PLANTS
- Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program)
- Arkansas occurrence source
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications