06 October 2015

Wildflower - Blue Wood Aster

The cooler temperatures of fall are here and a few of the wildflowers are still in bloom, such as the Blue Wood Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium). Some of our fields are covered with a blue carpet of these wildflowers.



The flowers bloom with a yellow center that turns reddish as the flower matures.





Insects, like this Virginia Ctenucha (Ctenucha virginica) moth, are attracted to the small flowers as a source of food since many of the summer wildflower are now gone.

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