Phonetic: eye-OHN-ak-tiss lin-air-ee-ah-FOH-lee-ah
Stiff Aster is an attractive choice for rock gardens or dry, rocky slopes in full sun to partial shade. It grows in low 1 foot mounded clumps with showy blue-purple blossoms and needle-like, single-veined leaves. Found naturally in pine woods, it can thrive in well-drained acid soils.
- Hardiness: 4 - 9
- Native Region: BONAP Map
- BONAP Map Key Color Guide: Map Color Key
- Sun Exposure: Full, Partial
- Flower Color: Purple
- Bloom Time: August, September, October
- Soil Type: Medium-dry, Dry
- Mature Plant Size: 1'H, 1'W
- Plant Spacing: 10-12"
- Host Plant:
- Attracts: Bees
- Advantages:
- Landscape Uses: Rock gardens
- Companion Plants:
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