title: White Aster
text: # White Aster
  
  White aster is the common name of several species of plants formerly classified in Aster:
  
  * White heath aster, Symphyotrichum ericoides (Formerly Aster ericoides)
  
      This is the species most commonly referred to as "white aster"
  * Upland white aster, Solidago ptarmicoides (Formerly Aster ptarmicoides)
  * Flat-topped white aster, Doellingeria umbellata (Formerly Aster umbellatus)
  * Small white aster, Symphyotrichum racemosum (Formerly Aster racemosus)
  
      Frequently confused in cultivation (as Aster ericoides) with S. ericoides.
  * White wood aster, Eurybia divaricata (Formerly Aster divaricatus)
  * Tall or panicled white aster, Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (Formerly Aster lanceolatus)
  