| Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
| Scientific name | Aster ageratoides Turczaninow |
| Synonyms | Aster ageratoides Turczaninow forma leucanthus Honda; Aster ageratoides Turczaninow subsp. leiophyllus (Franchet & Savatier) Kitamura; Aster ageratoides Turczaninow var. scandens (Hayata) Makino & Nemoto; Aster leiophyllus Franchet & Savatier; Aster luxurifolius Tamamschian; Aster pensauensis Tamamschian; Aster see-burejensis Tamamschian; Aster suputinicus Tamamschian; Aster sutschanensis Komarov; Aster trinervius Roxburgh ex D. Don subsp. ageratoides (Turczaninow) Grierson; Aster trinervius Roxburgh ex D. Don var. scandens Hayata |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) shiro yome-na (シロヨメナ, 白嫁菜 [meaning: white bride herb]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan, Mongolia, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, India | |
| Habitat | Subalpine or mountane forest or forest edge |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=18 |
| Description | Plants 60-100cm tall. Flowers white capitulums ca. 1.5-2cm across, involucres ca. 4mm long, 5-6mm wide, flowering in August to November. Fruits 2.5mm long. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Aster ageratoides Turcz. var. ageratoides |
| Aster ageratoides Turcz. | |
| Molecular Cytogenetic Organization of 5S and 18S rDNA Loci in Aster ageratoides var. ageratoides, A. iinumae (=Kalimeris pinnatifida) and A. microcephalus var. ovatus in Japan | |
| Method of cleaning up lead-contaminated soil (US Patent 20070191666) | |
| Natural vegetation restoring and greeting method (Japanese Patent JP10201365/1998) |
| October 2007 at my home |
October 2007 at my home |
October 2007 at my home |
| October 2007 at my home |