Asteraceae

Aster albescens (DC.) Wall. ex Hand.-Mazz.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Aster

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Aster albescens (Aster albescens) — FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

Arabic: نجم أبيض
Chinese: 小舌紫菀, 毛茎马兰, 小舌紫菀大叶变种, 小舌紫菀大葉變種, 腺点小舌紫菀, 腺點小舌紫菀, 大叶小舌紫菀, 小舌紫菀-大叶变种

Synonyms

Amphirhapis albescens DC.
Aster albescens var. glandulosus Hand.-Mazz.
Aster albescens var. megaphyllus Y.Ling
Aster albescens var. niveus Hand.-Mazz.
Aster albescens var. rugosus Y.Ling
Aster cabulicus Lindl.
Aster caubulicus Hook.
Aster ferrugineus Edgew.
Aster ignoratus Kunth & C.D.Bouché
Eupatorium cinerascens Wall.
Eupatorium cinereum Wall. ex Steud.
Eupatorium coloratum Spreng. ex DC.
Microglossa albescens (DC.) C.B.Clarke
Microglossa cabulica (Lindl.) C.B.Clarke

Flowers

In flower: August, October to November (from 15 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Robert Webster, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sagnik Dutta Roy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.