Aster neoelegans
Species of plant
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Aster neoelegans is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found in Bhutan, China and India.
| Aster neoelegans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Aster |
| Species: | A. neoelegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Aster neoelegans Grierson[1] | |
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Description
A. neoelegans is a herbaceous perennial, growing up to 40-75 cm tall. Stems are simple and strigillose. Leaves are entire, oblanceolate to spatulate; ray florets are white, mauve, or blue-violet, in colour. Disk florets are yellow. Achenes are light brown, obovoid, compressed, 2.5-3 mm. Pappus is whitish, 3-seriate, bristles barbellate throughout. Flowers July-September.[3]
