Michaelmas daisy, aster

Астра

Aster Credit: Tatyana Shulkina

About 250 or fewer species, depending on the classification used, occur in Eurasia and North America, of which 20 in the FSU. Some of these species are widely distributed and have been known in cultivation for a long time, e.g. A. alpinus L. Nevertheless there are some very ornamental plants hitherto unknown in garden settings.

Asteraceae (Compositae)

Lower Taxa

• Aster bessarabicus
• Aster ibericus Stev.
• Aster spathulifolius Maxim.

Related Synonym(s):

• Aster amelloides Besser = Aster bessarabicus
• Aster fauriei Levl. et Vaniot = Aster spathulifolius Maxim.