Pan India Bouquets

Aster asteroides (DC.) O. Kuntze

Family : Asteraceae
(Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Asteraceae
Synonym(s) : Aster hedinii Ostenf.; Aster heterochaeta C.B.Clarke; Erigeron heterochaeta (Benth.) Botsch.; Heterochaeta asteroides DC.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Aster asterodes Kuntze
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Alpine thickets, damp grasslands, marshy areas; 3200 - 4600 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Aster asteroides somewhat resembles Aster flaccidus but is easily distinguished from it by its tuberous roots and purplish glandular disk floret lobes.
Flower, Fruit : May-September
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Central Asia to Himalaya and China (West Sichuan, North-West Yunnan)
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 151; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1537-1538
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Aster asteroides. Downloaded on 28 March 2023.

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