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Felicia erigeroides, commonly known as wild Michaelmas daisy, isithelelo or ixhaphozi, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to South Africa, where it is found from Humansdorp to KwaZulu-Natal. [1] Felicia erigeroides was first described in 1836 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. [2]
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (formerly Aster novae-angliae) is a species of flowering plant in the aster family native to central and eastern North America. Commonly known as New England aster, [4] hairy Michaelmas-daisy, [5] or Michaelmas daisy, [6] it is a perennial, herbaceous plant usually between 30 and 120 centimeters (1 and 4 feet) tall and 60 to 90 cm (2 to 3 ft) wide.
Aster amellus, the European Michaelmas daisy, [1] is a perennial herbaceous plant and the type species of the genus Aster and the family Asteraceae. Etymology [ edit ]
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii (formerly Aster novi-belgii), commonly called New York aster, [3] is a species of flowering plant.It is the type species for Symphyotrichum, a genus in the family Asteraceae, whose species were once considered to be part of the genus Aster.
Symphyotrichum (/ ˌ s ɪ m f aɪ ə ˈ t r ɪ k əm /) is a genus of over 100 species and naturally occurring hybrids of herbaceous annual and perennial plants in the composite family, Asteraceae, most which were formerly treated within the genus Aster.
Eurybia schreberi, commonly called Schreber's aster [4] or nettle-leaved Michaelmas-daisy, [5] is a perennial herb in the family Asteraceae. It is native to eastern North America, where it is present in Canada and the United States. The flower heads emerge in the late summer or early fall to show white ray florets and yellow disc florets.
Wasps, small butterflies, and other insects also visit the flowers to a lesser degree, seeking nectar, as well as a few pollen-feeding beetles. [5] Schinia lynx (lynx flower moth) caterpillars feed on the flowers and seeds of annual fleabane and other fleabanes, and Lygus lineolaris (tarnished plant bug) sucks the plant juices. Some mammals eat ...
The flower heads are arranged in clusters . Each flower head has 13 to 23 ray florets with pale to dark blue or purple petals , and 19 to 33 disc florets that start out yellow and eventually turn purplish-red. [7] The whole flowerhead measures 13 to 25 millimeters (1 ⁄ 2 to 1 in) across. [8]