Sky-blue Aster - Symphyotrichum oolentangiense
Above: Sky-blue Aster in Nakoma Park on in Madison, Wisconsin. (6/01/20).
Sky-blue Aster - Symphyotrichum oolentangiense
There are 170 species of Sky-blue Aster in North America.
The species that are common in Wisconsin are the Common Sky-blue Aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense annuus), Philadelphia daisy (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense philadelphicus) and Daisy Sky-blue Aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense strigosus).
Sky-blue Aster is sometimes confused with other closely related plants like, Aster and the true daisy Bellis.
This plant grows on roadsides, in fields, in thickets, and in open woods.
Other names include: daisy Sky-blue Aster, or eastern daisy Sky-blue Aster, common Sky-blue Aster, frost-root, marsh Sky-blue Aster.
Above: Sky-blue Aster on bank of retaining pond at the corner of Manitou Way and Nakoma Road in Madison, Wisconsin on June 20, 2019.
For more information on Sky-blue Aster, visit Wikipedia.
Or, visit the UW-Madison Wisconsin State Herbarium website page about Sky-blue Aster - Symphyotrichum oolentangiense.
Sky-blue Aster
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense
Above: Sky-blue Aster in Oak Savanna in Madison, Wisconsin on June 10, 2019.
Above: Sky-blue Aster in Oak Savanna in Madison, Wisconsin on June 11, 2019.
Above: Sky-blue Aster in Oak Savanna in Madison, Wisconsin on June 13, 2019.
Above: Sky-blue Aster in Oak Savanna in Madison, Wisconsin on June 17, 2019.
Above: Sky-blue Aster in Oak Savanna in Madison, Wisconsin on June 25, 2019.
Above: Sky-blue Aster in Oak Savanna in Madison, Wisconsin on June 26, 2019.
Above: Sky-blue Aster in Oak Savanna in Madison, Wisconsin on June 26, 2019.
Above: Sky-blue Aster on bank of retaining pond at the corner of Manitou Way and Nakoma Road in Madison, Wisconsin on July 1, 2019.
Above: Sky-blue Aster on bank of retaining pond at the corner of Manitou Way and Nakoma Road in Madison, Wisconsin on July 6, 2019.
