Doellingeria Species, Tall Flat-topped White Aster, Parasol Aster, Wild Aster

So far, I've only seen one patch of this pretty perennial that was planted in the natural garden on Hawk Mountain about 25 miles northwes...Read Moret of Reading, PA. It is native to much of the eastern and midwestern US and to southern Canada from the Atlantic into Alberta. It grows in moist or draining wet soils in meadows, prairies, woodland edges, or wetands. It does spread by underground rhizomes. It works well in a natural garden or landscape.

A fairly common plant of fairly open and often wetland habitats.

It is the host plant of the harris' checkerspot Butterf...Read Morely
Chlosyne harrisii

This plant is a U.S. native and grows in the Eastern and Southeastern states of the country.