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| October 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
October 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
October 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
| Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
| Scientific name | Aster microcephalus (Miquel) Franchet et Savatier var. ovatus (Franchet & Savatier) Soejima & M. Ito |
| Synonyms | Aster ageratoides Turczaninow subsp. ovatus Kitamura; Aster ovatus (Franchet et Savatier) M. Ito & Soejima; Aster ovatus (Franchet et Savatier) M. Ito & Soejima var. ovatus; Aster trinervius Roxb. ex D. Don var. ovatus Franchet et Savatier |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) no-kon-giku (ノコンギク, 野紺菊 [meaning: wild blue aster]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) none | |
| Habitat | Field, forest edge, roadside |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=36 |
| Description | Plants electing 50-100cm tall. Leaves 6-13cm long, 3-5cm wide. Flowers pale purple head ca. 2.5cm across, involucres 4-4.5mm long, flowering in August to November. Fruits 1.5-3mm long. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Aster microcephalus (Miq.) Franch. & Sav. var. ovatus (Franch. & Sav.) Soejima & Mot. Ito |
| 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 | |
| Note | Aster microcephalus var. ovatus is thought to be a natural hybrid of Kalimeris pinnatifida (Maximovicz) Kitamra and Aster ageratoides Turczaninow var. ageratoides Turczaninow or other similar species. There are many different forms. |
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| October 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
October 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
October 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
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| October 2006 at mountane field |
October 2006 at mountane field |
October 2008 at Nikko Botanical Garden |
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| October 2008 at Nikko Botanical Garden |
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| April 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
