European Michaelmas daisy (Aster amellus)
Description:
Aster amellus belongs to the Asteraceae family, flowers from June to September, grows from 5 to 30 cm tall. Grows on poor, mostly calcareous soils between 300 and 900 m high. Also common in barren grasses and scree. We can even buy cultivated seedlings and grow it in the garden. Leaves are entire, hairy. Has beautiful up to 5 cm large blue to reddish-violet flowers. Flower heads are solitary on hairy stems. In the center of the flower heads are yellow tubular flowers. Flowers on the periphery of the heads are ligulate.
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| malenka23. 08. 2020 17:12:20 |
On the first three pictures it is alpine aster - Aster alpinus. The mountain one is taller, 30-50 cm, flower stems are branched and leafless. Based on the flower shape, the last picture might be mountain aster, but until we see the stem, we cannot know.
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| Tadej13. 10. 2020 20:29:47 |
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