Aster

Aster is a wide-spread genus of flowering plants, in the Asteraceae family. The name is also sometimes informally applied to the family as well. There are more than 600 species, a number of which are very popular garden plants.

Species include:

• A. alpinus
• A. amellus (Italian aster)
• A. cordifolius (blue wood aster)
• A. divaricatus (white wood aster)
• A. ericoides (heath aster)
• A. laevis
• A. lateriflorus
• A. novae-angliae (New England aster)
• A. novi-belgii (New York aster)
• A. pringlei
• A. sibericus
• A. tataricus
• A. tonglensis

The China aster is in the related Callistephus genus.