Apocynaceae
Blue star
Amsonia orientalis
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Amsonia
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Common names
By language (7)
- arz
- امسونيا اورينتاليس
- Chinese
- 东方水甘草, 東方水甘草
- English
- Blue star
- Esperanto
- Orienta amsonio
- German
- Orientalischer Blaustern
- Persian
- اختر آبی اروپایی
- Turkish
- Mavi Yıldız Çiçeği
Synonyms
- Rhazya orientalis A.DC.
- Rhazya thracica Davidov
Flowers
- In flower
- May (from 12 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Linda from Chicago, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Amsonia
- Eastern bluestarAmsonia tabernaemontanaApocynaceae
- Woolly bluestarAmsonia tomentosaApocynaceae
- Amsonia ellipticaApocynaceae
- Hubricht's bluestarAmsonia hubrichtiiApocynaceae
- Kearney's bluestarAmsonia kearneyanaApocynaceae
- Fringed bluestarAmsonia ciliataApocynaceae
- Jones' bluestarAmsonia jonesiiApocynaceae
- Feltleaf bluestarAmsonia tharpiiApocynaceae
- Tubular bluestarAmsonia longifloraApocynaceae
- San Antonio bluestarAmsonia fugateiApocynaceae
- Arizona bluestarAmsonia grandifloraApocynaceae
- Louisiana bluestarAmsonia ludovicianaApocynaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.