Species of flowering plant
Aster altaicus is a species ofplant belonging to the familyAsteraceae. It is aperennial native toTemperate Asia.[1]
Eight varieties are accepted.[1]
- Aster altaicus var.altaicus – Iran and Kazakhstan through Siberia, the Himalayas, and China to Korea
- Aster altaicus var.canescens(Nees) Serg. – Caucasus and Iran through Central Asia to Western Himalaya and Mongolia
- Aster altaicus var.decrescens(Grierson) R.Abid & Qaiser – Afghanistan to Western Himalaya
- Aster altaicus var.hirsutusHand.-Mazz. – south-central China (western Sichuan and northwestern Yunnan)
- Aster altaicus var.millefolius(Vaniot) Hand.-Mazz. – northern China
- Aster altaicus var.scaber(Avé-Lall.) Hand.-Mazz. – north-central China (Liaoning and Shanxi)
- Aster altaicus var.taitoensisKitam. – Taiwan
- Aster altaicus var.tenuicaulis(Grierson) R.Abid & Qaiser – Afghanistan and northern and western Pakistan
