Symphyotrichum prenanthoides

Botanical Description

Symphyotrichum prenanthoides is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from long creeping rhizomes; it forms a colony of erect to ascending, much-branched stems 20 - 90cm tall, occasionally to 120cm[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. , 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental, especially in native landscape gardens, where it can be used as a ground cover[ 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ].