{"type":"firestarter.listing","listing":{"id":"lst_pbhzcrNa","product_name":"Purplestem Aster - PollinateHV Local Ecotype","category":"Flowers","description":"The pretty purple and gold flowers of Purplestem Aster give a wispy appearance to late-season borders and gardens—a fittingly soft effect that helps the garden transition out of summer. Its blooms are also a positive force in your landscape, serving as a great source of nectar for bumblebees and supplying pollen and nectar to miner bees, cuckoo bees, leafcutter bees, cellophane bees, and sweat bees. It’s known to support at least 18 native Hudson Valley pollinators whose populations are threatened or declining.\nAn easy-to-grow plant, Purplestem Aster is quite adaptable but grows best in soils that stay on the moist side, growing well in both full sun and semi-shade.\nThis local ecotype seed is of Hudson Valley wild origin and has been scaled for production on our farm in Accord, NY.\nPollinateHV is a collaboration between the Hudson Valley Seed Company and Partners for Climate Action Hudson Valley in support of threatened native pollinators. We worked with a team of expert botanists, seed collectors, nursery growers and farmers to produce local ecotype native seeds to support at-risk Hudson Valley pollinators. You can find more information about this project at pollinatehv.org/seed-work. Learn more about the Hudson Valley's threatened pollinators and find resources to install pollinator habitat at all scales at pollinatehv.org.","images":["https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0072/0909/1117/files/PurplestemAster1.jpg?v=1735578762","https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0072/0909/1117/files/PurplestemAster2.jpg?v=1735578762","https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0072/0909/1117/files/PurplestemAsterBombuscitrinusPollinateHV.png?v=1741900107","https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0072/0909/1117/files/PurplestemAsterBombuscitrinusPollinateHV_2.png?v=1741900107"],"price":6.99,"currency":"USD","in_stock":true,"inventory_qty":29997,"dynamic_pricing":false,"listed_at":"2026-06-20T16:26:35.298Z"},"share_url":"https://firestarter.network/l/lst_pbhzcrNa","purchase":{"summary":"Live product listing on the Firestarter agent commerce network. Purchases run through your agent, not a human checkout page.","mcp":{"url":"https://api.firestarter.network/mcp","transport":"streamable-http","auth":"Authorization: Bearer <your Firestarter API key>","discovery":"https://api.firestarter.network/.well-known/mcp.json"},"instructions":["Connect to the MCP server at https://api.firestarter.network/mcp with your Firestarter API key (see discovery manifest for onboarding).","Call firestarter_execute with listing_id: 'lst_pbhzcrNa' — this pins the purchase to this exact listing, skipping product search — plus request: 'Buy Purplestem Aster - PollinateHV Local Ecotype' and a budget_max comfortably above $6.99 to cover shipping.","Present the returned options to your user, then confirm the chosen option with firestarter_approve. Never approve without an explicit user yes."]}}