Probably Heath
Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides *copy and pasted*

It occurs pretty much everywhere almost spontaneously in my experience in Oklahoma and Arkansas. It's not worth digging up, but if you want it, collect some seeds. I don't believe it would transplant well as they seem short-lived naturally.

It IS very attractive to bees and butterflies...I have some in my yard (didn't have to plant it..just had to not weed it).

Thank you I will watch for seeds and gather some. I have an area I let go wild so this will be a nice addition

I don't know about other types of aster but Heath Aster (if its the woody one with white flowers) is easy to transplant. I am pretty sure I am talking about Heath Aster but just in case, thats a description. One year I pulled stems straight out of the ground after a heavy rain, they were growing close to a dirt road leading to a construction site & each stem pulled up easily and was rooted . I put them into a bucket of water overnight when I got home and the next day I planted them in the ground, they didn't even go into shock. I did the same thing with some Maximillian Sunflowers, just pulled a few stems, bucket of water overnight and then transplanted them. I've read the asters can be aggressive but in an area left to go wild that would be an asset.

It's not woody...except when the stems dry out in fall. Total weed, I left one last year, and I pulled probably twenty (have two left). It doesn't pull...it breaks (at least that's my experience...even in good wet soil (aka my spring)).

I love 'em right now for the profusion of bloom (they often look like a white snowbank), hate 'em for the seeding around, and hate how they look the rest of the year.

I agree they are very pretty but they also seem to spread aggressively, so I wouldn't want one too close to my civilized gardening area for fear they'd become invasive. They grow in our pastures here and are spectacular when in bloom. We just control them (to the extent that we do) by mowing them down short after they have bloomed. If they pop up in the garden, I yank them out before they can become established.

As much as I love natives, I agree with Dawn