Aster altaicus is a species of plant belonging to the family Asteraceae. It is a perennial native to Temperate Asia.[1]
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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. altaicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Aster altaicus Willd. (1809)
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Varieties
editEight varieties are accepted.[1]
- Aster altaicus var. altaicus – Iran and Kazakhstan through Siberia, the Himalayas, and China to Korea
- Aster altaicus var. canescens (Nees) Serg. – Caucasus and Iran through Central Asia to Western Himalaya and Mongolia
- Aster altaicus var. decrescens (Grierson) R.Abid & Qaiser – Afghanistan to Western Himalaya
- Aster altaicus var. hirsutus Hand.-Mazz. – south-central China (western Sichuan and northwestern Yunnan)
- Aster altaicus var. millefolius (Vaniot) Hand.-Mazz. – northern China
- Aster altaicus var. scaber (Avé-Lall.) Hand.-Mazz. – north-central China (Liaoning and Shanxi)
- Aster altaicus var. taitoensis Kitam. – Taiwan
- Aster altaicus var. tenuicaulis (Grierson) R.Abid & Qaiser – Afghanistan and northern and western Pakistan
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Aster altaicus Willd. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 October 2024.