Aster neoelegans is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found in Bhutan, China and India.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Aster |
| Species: | A. neoelegans
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| Aster neoelegans Grierson[1]
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Description
editA. 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]
References
edit- ^ Grierson, Andrew John Charles Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 26(1): 118–119, pl. 11. 1964
- ^ Hook. f. & Thomson ex C.B. Clarke Compos. Ind. 44 1876
- ^ "Aster neoelegans Grierson | Species". Bhutan Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
External links
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Data related to Aster neoelegans at Wikispecies- Aster neoelegans at Tropicos
- Aster neoelegans at The Plant List
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