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White Panicled Aster

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum

Also listed as Symphyotrichum lanceolatum subsp. lanceolatum

Found in moist soils. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Northern Tier edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Keystone

Native to West Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 88%

Height
Up to about 6 feet
Light
Sun
Soil moisture
Wet
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At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial
Bloom
July to October

Not yet recorded · Spread · Leaves

Recorded in 6 West Virginia counties.

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food. 87 animals.

All wildlife of West Virginia

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

92CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV

Genus host records with ranges including WV · 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 harrisiiHarris' Checkerspot
  • Chlosyne nycteisSilvery Checkerspot
  • Chytonix palliatriculaCloaked Marvel
  • Clepsis clemensianaClemens' Clepsis
  • Clepsis persicanaWhite Triangle Tortrix
  • Cochylichroa hoffmananaHoffman's Cochlid Moth
  • Condica sutorThe Cobbler, Cobbler Groundling
  • Condica vidensWhite-Dotted Groundling
  • Ctenoplusia oxygrammaSharp-Stigma Looper Moth
  • Cucullia asteroidesThe Asteroid, Asteroid Paint, Goldenrod Hooded Owlet
  • Cucullia convexipennisBrown Hooded Owlet, Calico Paint
  • Cucullia floreaGray Hooded Owlet
  • Cucullia speyeriSpeyer's Cucullia, Speyer's Paint
  • Dichomeris bilobellaBilobed Dichomeris Moth
  • Dichomeris flavocostellaCream-Edged Dichomeris
  • Dichomeris juncidellaOrange-Dotted Dichomeris
  • Dichomeris leuconotellaTwo-Spotted 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 miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
  • Euplexia benesimilisAmerican Angle Shades
  • Eupsilia deviaLost Sallow
  • Eusarca confusariaConfused Eusarca
  • Feltia herilisMaster's Dart
  • Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
  • Gnorimoschema gallaeasterellaGoldenrod Gall Moth
  • Heliothis phloxiphagaSpotted Straw Sun Moth, Darker Spotted Straw Moth
  • Herpetogramma pertextalisBold-Feathered Grass Moth
  • Herpetogramma thestealisZigzag Herpetogramma, Subtle-Feathered Grass Moth
  • Homoeosoma electellaSunflower Moth
  • Hyppa xylinoidesCommon Hyppa
  • 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 adjunctaHitched Arches
  • Melanchra assimilisBlack Arches
  • 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 impecuniosaAster Borer
  • Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
  • Pero morrisonariaMorrison's Pero
  • Phyciodes cocytaNorthern Crescent, Crescentspot
  • 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
  • Sparganothis unifascianaOne-Lined Sparganothis
  • Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
  • Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
  • Sutyna privataCheckered Sallow, Private Sallow
  • Synchlora aerataWavy-Lined Emerald, Camouflaged Looper
  • 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
  • Carmenta ithacae
  • Dichomeris agonia
  • Dichomeris levisella
  • Hellinsia glenni
  • Landryia matutella
  • Paralobesia vernoniana
  • Xenotemna pallorana
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
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
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
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
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

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

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Eastern Lined Aster; Symphyotrichum lanceolatum subsp. lanceolatum; White Panicled Aster; Eastern Lined Aster

Conservation status

West Virginia rankS4
Global rankG5T5
WV statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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