Rice Button Aster (Symphyotrichum dumosum (L.) G.L. Nesom)
Also known as bushy aster, bushy American-aster; also classified as Aster dumosus.
↑Range - Expand
| Legend | Color |
| Native | |
| Native or Not Present |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
↑Habitat
Sandy soils, both on dry or poorly-drained sites.
Common on the Atlantic coastal plain and in the south, and more uncommon inland.
↑Links & External Resources
• Symphyotrichum dumosum (Rice Button Aster) | Illinois Wildflowers (About This Site)
• Symphyotrichum dumosum (Rice Button Aster) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Symphyotrichum dumosum | Go Botany (About This Site)
• Bushy Aster | iNaturalist (About This Site)
• Symphyotrichum dumosum | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Symphyotrichum dumosum | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Symphyotrichum dumosum | Flora of North America (About This Site)
• Rice Button Aster | Maryland Biodiversity Project (About This Site)
• Symphyotrichum dumosum (L.) Nesom var. dumosum (Bushy Aster) | Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (About This Site)
• Symphyotrichum dumosum (L.) Nesom var. strictior (Torr. & Gray) Nesom (Bushy Aster) | Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (About This Site)
