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Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (formerly Aster novae-angliae) is a species of flowering plant in the aster family native to central and eastern North America. Commonly known as New England aster, [4] hairy Michaelmas-daisy, [5] or Michaelmas daisy, [6] it is a perennial, herbaceous plant usually between 30 and 120 centimeters (1 and 4 feet) tall and 60 to 90 cm (2 to 3 ft) wide.
With few exceptions, these New England aster cultivars grow to between 90 and 180 centimetres (3 and 6 feet) in height and flower September–October. As of December 2020 [update] , twelve had won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
German botanist Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck established this genus in 1833 because he thought that a plant he examined, now believed to be a cultivated variety of New York aster (Symphyotrichum novi-belgii), which he called Symphyotrichum unctuosum, was sufficiently distinct from the rest of the genus Aster to warrant its own genus.
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Symphyotrichum is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Astereae which includes the commonly cultivated New York aster (S. novi-belgii) and New England aster (S. novae-angliae). Its species are widespread in the Americas, including as far north as subarctic North America to as far south as Chile, Argentina, and the Falkland Islands.
Symphyotrichum ericoides (formerly Aster ericoides), with common names white heath aster, [4] frost aster, [5] and heath aster, [6] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to much of central and eastern North America. It has been introduced to parts of Europe and western Asia.
Aster is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Its circumscription has been narrowed, and it now encompasses around 170 species, all but one of which are restricted to Eurasia; many species formerly in Aster are now in other genera of the tribe Astereae.
Aaronsohnia Warb. & Eig, synonym of Otoglyphis; Abrotanella Cass.; Acamptopappus A.Gray – goldenhead; Acanthocephalus Kar. & Kir. Acanthocladium F.Muell ...