Aster trinervius Roxb. ex D.Don

Aster (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Aster

Characteristics

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 25-205 cm tall. It has thick rhizomes. The stems are erect and simple. The leaves in the middle of the stem are usually the largest. The leaves are pale green underneath. The leaves are narrowly oval and 1-15 cm long by 1-6 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.63 - 1.53
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate to tropical plant. It grows on the edges of forests and wet places in valleys between 100-3,400 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

Leaves eaten with oil and salt.
Uses medicinal oil
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Alexiteric (unspecified), Antidote (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Cancer(Cervix) (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Epistaxis (unspecified), Hemorrhage (unspecified), Hemostat (unspecified), Hepatitis (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Trauma (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Erysipelas (unspecified), Hematemesis (unspecified), Lung (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Aster trinervius world distribution map, present in Bhutan, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:24217-2
WFO ID wfo-0000058984
COL ID HR59
BDTFX ID 101220
INPN ID 610836
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Synonyms

Diplopappus asperrimus Aster trinervius Galatella asperrima Diplopappus trinervius Aster trinervius f. trinervius Aster trinervius subsp. trinervius

Lower taxons

Aster trinervius var. wattii