Aster altaicus Willd.

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
  • Synonym(s) : Aster angustifolius Lindl.; Aster coronatus (Sch.Bip.) S.Y.Hu; Aster distortus Turcz. ex Avé-Lall.; Aster gebleri Besser ex DC.; Aster gmelinii Tausch; Aster lithospermifolius Desf.; Aster pumilus Fisch.; Aster spartioides C.B.Clarke; Aster uchiyamae Nakai; Galatella juncea Lindl. ex DC.; Hersilea ramosa Klotzsch; Heteropappus altaicus (Willd.) Novopokrov.; Heteropappus altaicus subsp. appressifolius Koroljuk; Heteropappus altaicus var. decrescens Grierson; Heteropappus altaicus var. distortus (Turcz. ex Lallemant) Kitag.; Heteropappus altaicus var. distortus (Turcz. ex Avé-Lall.) Gubanov; Heteropappus altaicus var. tenuicaulis Grierson; Heteropappus appressifolius (Koroljuk) Luferov; Heteropappus distortus (Turcz. ex Avé-Lall.) Tamamsch.; Kalimeris altaica (Willd.) Nees ex Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.; Kalimeris biennis Nees; Kalimeris chinensis Sch.Bip.; Kalimeris coronata Sch.Bip.; Kalimeris distortus Turcz.; Kalimeris exilis Lindl. ex DC.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Aster altaicus Willd.
  • Habit : Perennial herb
  • Habitat : Steppes, meadows, salt marshes, stony slopes of lower hills, roadsides, roadsides by riverbanks.; sea level to 4000 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Stems 10-30 cm tall, usually branched from base, ascending, procumbent at base; capitula solitary at ends of branches.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Afghanistan, Altay, Buryatiya, China, Chita, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tibet, Tuva, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Temperate Asia
  • 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
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Aster altaicus. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

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