Oclemena acuminata

Common Name: Whorled Wood Aster

Plant Type: Herbaceous

Habitat: woodland edge

Light Requirements: sun, part sun

Soil Moisture: mesic, wet

Soil Type: loam, acidic soil, sandy loam

Height: 1 - 3 ft

Bloom Time: late summer to early fall

Flower Colour: white

Seed Ripens: fall

Details/Comments: Plant in a location where it can receive dappled sunlight filtering through taller trees which will encourage healthy foliage development and maintains its characteristic compact shape.It spreads by via a swollen tuber at the tip of a slender, elongated rhizome to form colonies and prefers cool wooded locations. It is fairly shade-tolerant but blooms best in sun. Hence forest edges.

Botanical Name (Alt): Aster acuminatus

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