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Asters are considered a “keystone plant,” which means they support many different kinds of wildlife. For example, deer and rabbits like to graze on the plants, while hungry birds such as dark ...
Aster is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Its circumscription has been narrowed, and it now encompasses around 170 species, all but one of which are restricted to Eurasia ; many species formerly in Aster are now in other genera of the tribe Astereae .
When an Asteraceae flower head has only disc flowers that are either sterile, male, or bisexual (but not female and fertile), it is a discoid head. Disciform heads possess only disc flowers in their heads, but may produce two different sex types (male or female) within their disciform head.
Asterodae contains many economically important plants such as the chrysanthemums, common daisy, and the asters. The third super tribe is the Helianthodae, which is the largest of the three, containing 16 of the 21 tribes. [6] Since 2004, the 21 tribes have been grouped into three supertribes: [2] [7] [8] Senecionodae
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Asterales (/ ˌ æ s t ə ˈ r eɪ l iː z / ASS-ter-RAY-leez) [2] is an order of dicotyledonous flowering plants that includes the large family Asteraceae (or Compositae) known for composite flowers made of florets, and ten families related to the Asteraceae. [3]
List of genera is from Plants of the World Online as of June 2024 unless otherwise cited. [1] Common names are cited individually. Xanthisma DC. – sleepy-daisy [ 6 ]
Aster alpinus, the alpine aster or blue alpine daisy, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the mountains of Europe (including the Alps), with a subspecies native to Canada and the United States. [3] This herbaceous perennial has purple, pink, white or blue flowers in summer. [4]