| Description | Aster Monte Cassino starts flowering in September. Produces masses of yellow centered, white petaled (ray flowers) daisy-like flowers |
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| Pronunciation | (sim-fy-oh-TRY-kum) |
| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | (4)5-9 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny |
| Moisture | average, moist, somewhat drought tolerant |
| Soil & Site | average, moist, has some tolerance to poorer soils |
| Flowers | yellow central disk flowers surrounded by white ray flowers, daisy-like, starts in September |
| Leaves | simple, lance-shaped and entire, almost needle-like |
| Dimensions | 2-3 by 2-3 feet, can be pinched before mid June for more compact plants |
| Maintenance | cut back in the fall or spring |
| Propagation | division |
| Native Site | North American native |
| Cultivar Origin | This is probably a selection of the native Hairy or Frost Aster. USDA (https://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_syere.pdf) |
| Misc Facts | Aster is the Greek word for star, referring to the shape of their flowers. and pilosus means hairy. Commercially grown as a cut flower. (syn Aster pringlei Monte Cassino, Symphyotrichum ericoides Monte Cassino). The species plant and cultivar are listed under dozens of different names. |
| Author's Notes | Where I live this is one of the first Asters to invade abandoned fields. |
| Notes & Reference | #51-Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials (Alan Arimitage), #157-The Sunflower Family in the Upper Midwest (Thomas Antonio, Susanne Masi) |
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