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Aster L.

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Aster L., Sp. Pl. 872 (1753)
Aster L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
872
ICN
Aster L.
genus
Aster

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Aster

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Aster L.

Perennial herbs, rarely annuals or shrubs. Lvs alternate or all basal, simple, entire to toothed, rarely more deeply incised. Capitula 1-numerous, mostly in cymes or panicles. Involucral bracts in 2-several rows, equal or imbricate, usually herbaceous toward apices, sometimes wholly herbaceous or chartaceous. Receptacle flat or convex; scales 0. Outer florets usually ♀, rarely sterile, usually ligulate, very rarely filiform, few to numerous in 1-2 rows; ligules white to red, purple or blue. Inner florets ☿, tubular, few to numerous. Achenes all similar, obovoid to cylindric, compressed, glabrous or hairy and sometimes glandular, often 4-5-ribbed; pappus of scabrid hairs in 1 row, sometimes with an outer row of short hairs or scales.

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Aster L.
Australia
New South Wales
Aster L.
Bhutan
Aster L.
Malaysia
Aster L.
Nepal
Aster L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Aster L.
United Kingdom

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22190a39-e7dc-406a-af21-3fe1feb400f0
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
14 June 2007
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