Symphyotrichum lateriflorum var. lateriflorum
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum var. lateriflorum
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Keystone
Native to Arkansas (estimated). How scores work Is it native here?
Profile 82%
- Height
- About 5 feet
- Light
- 4 or more hours of direct sun
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At a glance
- Bloom
- Summer
- Fruiting season
- Summer to winter
Not yet recorded · Spread · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves
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. 125 animals.
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
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
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Growth habit
- Single crown
- Foliage color
- Green
- Fruit begins
- Summer
- Fruit ends
- Winter
What its natural habitat tells you
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Growing sources and scope
- Bloom · “Summer” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- Flower color · “White” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- Foliage color · “Green” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- Fruit begins · “Summer” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- Fruit ends · “Winter” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- Growth habit · “Single crown” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- Growth rate · “Moderate” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- Height · “About 5 feet” · USDA PLANTS · Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary
- primary_flower_color · “white” · USDA PLANTS
Conservation status
| Arkansas rank | SNR |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G5T5 |
| AR status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- USDA PLANTS
- 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