Asteraceae
Italian aster
Aster amellus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Aster
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Common names
By language (23)
- arz
- استر اميلوس
- Azerbaijani
- Gözəl astra, Zərif çayırçiçəyi
- Belarusian
- Астра стэпавая
- Bulgarian
- Димитровче
- Chinese
- 叶苞紫菀, 意大利紫菀, 義大利紫菀
- cv
- Салтак тӳмилле астра
- Czech
- Hvězdnice chlumní
- Dutch
- Bergaster
- English
- Italian aster, European michaelmas-daisy, Garden aster
- Estonian
- Amellaster
- Finnish
- Elokuunasteri
- German
- Berg-Aster, Bergaster, Kalk-Aster, Kalkaster
- Hungarian
- Csillagőszirózsa
- kw
- Bleujen gool Mighal
- os
- Быдырон бæндыс
- Russian
- Астра ромашковая, Астра дикая, Астра европейская, Астра итальянская, Астра степная
- Slovak
- Astra kopcová
- Slovenian
- Gorska nebina
- Swedish
- Brittsommaraster
- Tatar
- Акчәчәк кашкарые
- Ukrainian
- Покрова
- Vietnamese
- Cúc cánh mối, Cúc Nhật, Cúc Nhật Bản, Cúc thạch thảo, Hoa thạch thảo, Thạch thảo
- Welsh
- Blodyn Mihangel
Synonyms
- Amellus officinalis Gaterau
- Amellus vulgaris Opiz
- Aster acmellus Pall.
- Aster albus Willd. ex Spreng.
- Aster albus var. albus
- Aster amelloides Hoffm.
- Aster amellus var. amellus
- Aster atticus Pall.
- Aster collinus Salisb.
- Aster elegans Nees
- Aster noeanus Sch.Bip. ex Nyman
- Aster ottomanum Velen.
- Aster pseudamellus Wender.
- Aster pseudoamellus DC.
- Aster purpureus Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.
- Aster scepusiensis Kit.
- Aster tinctorius Wallr.
- Aster trinervius Gilib.
- Diplopappus asperrimus (Nees) DC.
- Diplopappus laxus Benth.
- Galatella asperrima Nees
Flowers
- In flower
- August to October (from 399 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Zoltán Nagy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vladislav Tsepilov, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sandstein, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.