Aster viscidulus




Family Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Scientific name Aster viscidulus (Makino) Makino
Synonyms Aster ageratoides Turczaninow var. viscidulus (Makino) Kitamura; Aster trinervius Roxburgh var. viscidulus Makino
Common name (Japanese common name) hakone-giku (ハコネギク, 箱根菊 [meaning: Mt. Hakone aster]), miyama-kon-giku (ミヤマコンギク, 深山紺菊 [meaning: high moutanins blue purple aster])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (Kanto region, Central region)
(Other nations) none
Habitat Mountane forest
Chromosomal number 2n=18
Description Plants electing 35-65cm. Leaves 4-7cm long, 15-17mm wide. Flowers purple capitulums 2.3-2.5cm across, flowering in August to October. Seeds 2.5mm long. Perennial plants.
Reference Aster viscidulus (Makino) Makino
Aster viscidulus Makino
A Karyological Study on Aster viscidulus MAKINO
Phylogenetic relationships of Japanese Aster (Asteraceae, Astereae) sensu lato based on chloroplast-DNA restriction site mutations
Note Endemic to Japan.



November 2009
at my home
November 2009
at my home