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Italian Aster
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Italian Aster
ntroduced Photo: Tabish
Common name: Italian Aster, European Michaelmas daisy • Manipuri: ꯃꯩꯈꯦꯠ ꯂꯩ Meikhet Lei
Botanical name: Aster amellus      Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)

Like most asters, Italian Aster produces it violet flowers in late summer or autumn. It is a clump-forming, upright, hairy perennial with lance-shaped, mid-green leaves 3-5 cm long. The flowers are borne in terminal clusters of 5 cm wide, violet-pink daises. This is the European species, and grows naturally in Europe as far as western Russia and Turkey. It is widely cultivated in NE India.

Identification credit: Tabish Photographed in cultivation in Imphal, Manipur.

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