Aster

Genus in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection

Digitised Reference Slides
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Distribution
Aster (rights holder: G Drange)© G Drange (licence)

Aster

Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves linear to ovate, simple; margin entire or ± dentate. Capitula heterogamous, radiate; ray florets female, in 1 series, often blue or violet; disk florets tubular, bisexual, yellow, their lobes spreading, sometimes with red margins. Phyllaries 3-4-seriate, imbricate; outer much shorter than inner. Achenes oblong, flattened, ± hairy and always glandular. Pappus hairs... © Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings (licence)

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Definition
Parent Taxon
Compositae
Species
Taxonomic Completion
0.85%
2 of 234 accepted Species
Global Pollen Project UUID
47597ce4-8a0f-468c-a25e-b6523d24176b
Botanical Reference
None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources

This taxon is currently linked to the following locations.

The Plant ListGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility