Heart Leaved Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
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From what I've read, Asters are one of the best caterpillar host plants. The adult pollinators also like them.

Two - four foot flower with clusters of lavender blossoms. Very pretty in fall after summer flowers are done. Excellent for bees.

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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
John Muir