Aster diplostephioides (Dc.) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Aster

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, 13-57 cm tall, often caespitose; rhizomes robust, branched; roots long, thick, collar clad with marcescent basal leaf bases. Stems erect, simple, sparsely to moderately villous, sparsely to densely minutely stipitate glandular, leafy or sometimes scapiform. Leaves basal and cauline; cauline leaves gradually reduced, thin, sparsely to moderately villous, sparsely to moderately minutely stipitate glandular, margin remotely serrate to serrulate or entire, villous-ciliate, midvein prominent; basal leaves withered at anthesis; basal and lower cauline leaves long (petiole to 10 cm) or narrowly winged petiolate; blade oblong to oblanceolate, 1.3-15 × 0.8-2.3(-4) cm, base attenuate, apex acute to obtuse or rounded, sometimes mucronate; middle cauline leaves oblong to linear-lanceolate, base auriculate, subclasping; upper cauline leaves 1.4-8.5 × 0.2-1.3 cm. Capitula terminal, solitary, 6-9 cm in diam. Involucres hemispheric, 2-2.5 cm in diam.; phyllaries 2-or 3-seriate, linear-lanceolate, 9-16 × 1-1.5 mm, longer than disk, abaxially sparsely or sometimes moderately villous along veins, densely or sometimes sparsely, dark colored, and minutely stipitate glandular, membranous, margin narrowly scarious, ciliate, multiveined, apex acuminate, spreading. Ray florets 2-seriate, 45-93, mauve to purple or lilac-blue, lamina linear, 18-25 × 1-2 mm, glabrous, eglandular; disk florets 5-6 mm, orange to yellow, apex blackish or brownish purple externally, tube and proximal limb hairy, limb narrowly funnelform, 3.5-4 mm, lobes erect, triangular, ca. 1 mm. Achenes narrowly obovoid, 3-4 × 1-1.5 mm, sparsely strigillose, minutely stipitate glandular, more densely so distally, 4-6-ribbed. Pappus 3-seriate, white; outermost series of few white becoming straw-colored, broad scales 0.8-1.2 mm; bristles barbellate; inner bristles 3.5-6 mm, acute; innermost bristles 4-7 mm, weakly clavate. Fl. Jul-Sep, fr. Sep-Dec. 2n = 18.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Alpine and subalpine grasslands, rich or wet alpine meadows, scrub, boggy areas, stream banks, floodplains, seepage areas in coniferous or mixed forests; at elevations from 2,700-4,600 metres.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 20
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Aster diplostephioides unspecified picture

Distribution

Aster diplostephioides world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60456961-2
WFO ID wfo-0000026882
COL ID HPY7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Heterochaeta diplostephioides Diplopappus diplostephioides Aster delavayi Erigeron diplostephioides Aster diplostephioides f. diplostephioides Aster diplostephioides f. minor Aster diplostephioides var. diplostephioides Aster diplostephioides