Aster auriculatus

Botanical Description

Aster auriculatus is a herbaceous, perennial plant with more or less woody rhizomes. The erect, unbranched stems are 23 - 90cm tall, the plant rarely forming clumps[ 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 medicinal use.