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| November 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
November 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
November 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
| Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
| Scientific name | Aster taiwanensis Kitamura var. lucens (Kitamura) Kitamura |
| Synonyms | Aster lucens Kitamura |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) teriha-no-giku (テリハノギク, 照葉野菊 [meaning: waxy leaved wild aster]) |
| (English common name) nond | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Okinawa (Iriomote Island, Ishigaki Island) |
| (Other nations) none | |
| Habitat | Mountane wet rocks, streamside. |
| Chromosomal number | unknown. |
| Description | Plants ca. 30-80cm long. Leaves ca. 4-10cm long. Flowers white capitulums 1-1.5cm across, flowering in October to February. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Aster taiwanensis var. lucens |
| Aster taiwanensis Kitam. | |
| Note | Endemic to Japan. |
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| November 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
November 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
November 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
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| November 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
