Asteraceae FAMILY

Aster flaccidus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Aster flaccidus is a herbaceous, perennial plant producing a cluster of erect, unbranched stems 3 - 30cm tall from a long, slender rhizome[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for use as a medicine

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAsia - Turkestan, Afghanistan, Himalayas of Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, north through China to Mongolia and eastern Siberia

HabitatDamp alpine grasslands, alpine and subalpine pastures, meadows, thickets, screes, fallow fields, forests; at elevations from 1,800 - 5,100 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].