Aster amellus (Cultivated)

Aster amellus L., 873 1753. (Syn: Amellus officinalis Gaterau; Amellus vulgaris Opiz; Aster acmellus Pall.; Aster albus Willd. ex Spreng.; Aster amelloides Hoffm.; Aster amelloides Besser; Aster amellus subsp. bessarabicus (Bernh. ex Rchb.) Soó; Aster amellus subsp. scepusiensis (Kit. ex Kanitz) Dostál; Aster atticus Pall.; Aster bessarabicus Bernh. ex Rchb.; Aster collinus Salisb.; Aster elegans Nees [Illegitimate]; Aster noeanus Sch.Bip. ex Nyman; Aster ottomanum Velen.; Aster pseudamellus Wender.; Aster pseudoamellus DC.; Aster purpureus Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.; Aster scepusiensis Kit. ex Kanitz; Aster scepusiensis Kit.; Aster tinctorius Wallr.; Aster trinervius [Invalid]; Diplopappus asperrimus (Nees) DC.; Diplopappus laxus Benth.; Galatella asperrima Nees);

Herb with oblanceolate to obovate leaves, up to 12 cm long, nearly entire, upper leaves smaller, lanceolate; heards 5-7 cm across, in different colours, sometimes double.

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Garden Flower for ID : 250711 : AK-1:
Taken at Kodaikanal on 24/10/2008.
A small garden plant, cultivated.
… ..is this the same Aster you had identified earlier?
Leaves can be seen.

May be Aster amellus

daisy

Italian Aster (Aster amellus)
http://www.flowersofindia.Italian%20Aster.html

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Asteraceae Fortnight : Part 1 – Radiate Heads : Aster amellus : Kodaikanal : 130513 : AK-26 : Attachments (3). 1 post by 1 author.
Aster amellus photographed in Kodaikanal on 24/10/13.
Posted on our group earlier and identified by … and …
Garden flowers, cultivated

Asteraceae For ID : Sri Lanka : 200513 : AK-3 : Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors.

Picture taken on 18/11/2010 at Nuwara Eliya which is around 1900 meters above sea level.

A cultivated, ornamental.
Unfortunately I have only one picture.

Aster amellus L. ?

Yes, appears so as per images at
https://efloraofindia.com/2012/05/10/aster-amellus/

References:

http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/gcc-6220

Updated on December 24, 2024

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