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Flat topped white aster flowering, Doellingeria umbellata
Flat-top white aster seeds on a white background, Doellingeria umbellata.
Flat-top white aster seeds on a white background with a dime for size comparison, Doellingeria umbellata.
Flat-top white aster seedling growing in potting soil, Doellingeria umbellata.
Flat-top white aster seedling growing in potting soil, Doellingeria umbellata
Flat-topped white aster seedling on a white background, Doellingeria umbellata.
Flat-topped white aster seedling on a white background. Doellingeria umbellata
  1. Flat topped white aster flowering, Doellingeria umbellata
  2. Flat-top white aster seeds on a white background, Doellingeria umbellata.
  3. Flat-top white aster seeds on a white background with a dime for size comparison, Doellingeria umbellata.
  4. Flat-top white aster seedling growing in potting soil, Doellingeria umbellata.
  5. Flat-top white aster seedling growing in potting soil, Doellingeria umbellata
  6. Flat-topped white aster seedling on a white background, Doellingeria umbellata.
  7. Flat-topped white aster seedling on a white background. Doellingeria umbellata

Doellingeria umbellata
Flat-topped white aster

$6.00

Seeds per packet  500
Light  Part shade, sun
Moisture  moist
Height  50 to 150 cm
Flowering  August – September
Germination code C 90 days
Other common names Parasol whitetop, tall flat-top white aster

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Flat-topped white aster prefers moist soil. It is a cheerful, white aster with 3/4 inch flowers in a distinctive flat-headed arrangement. The asters are an important group of native plants. They are larval host plants and pollinator plants for butterflies and other insects.⁣

🦋 Host plant for Harris’s Checkerspot (Chlosyne harissii), Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Northern Crescent (Phyciodes cocyta) and Tawny Crescent (Phyciodes batesii) butterflies.⁣

For germination instructions see the Seed Treatments page.