Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Symphyotrichum subulatum
Common name
Wild aster, Bushy starwort, Aster-weed
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Roadsides, grassy areas, along streams, and damp areas. Widespread.
Notes
Introduced annual, biennial or short-lived perennial herb to 1.8 m tall. Stems hairless. Leaves alternating up the stems, initially more or less in a basal rosette, 1-15 cm long, 2–16 mm wide, hairless, margins entire to toothed, bases often stem-clasping. Flower heads with about 25 white, pink, blue, or pale mauve 'petals' each 3-5 mm long and a yellow centre 2-4 mm in diameter. Flower heads behind the ‘petals’ cylindrical. Flower heads in large open branched clusters. Flowers all year.
Aster subulatus in PlantNET (3 May 2021).
PlantNET description (as Aster subulatus): http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Aster~subulatus (accessed 3 May 2021)
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