aster

Description:

Asters are annual and perennial rhizome herbs with simple leaves. Inflorescences are baskets, collected in complex complexes in the form of a shield or panicle; marginal flowers are ligulate, their color is very diverse; the central ones are small, tubular, as a rule, yellow in color. Perennial, 40-150 cm tall, without root rosette of leaves. Baskets 15–25 mm in diameter, collected in a panicle-shaped common inflorescence. Marginal flowers are pale lilac, central yellow.

Habitat:

Almost all species included in the genus Aster in its modern sense are widespread in Eurasia.