Asteraceae
Tatarian aster
Aster tataricus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Aster
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- نجم تتاري
- arz
- نجم تتارى
- Azerbaijani
- Tatar astrası
- Chinese
- 紫菀, 属名紫菀, 山白菜, 紫苑, 紫菀花, 还魂草, 青牛舌头花, 青菀
- Czech
- Hvězdnice tatarská
- English
- Tatarian aster, Tatarinow's aster
- Indonesian
- Pikok
- Japanese
- シオン, オニノシコグサ, ジュウゴヤソウ, 十五夜草, 紫苑, 紫菀, 鬼の醜草
- Korean
- 개미취
- lzh
- 紫菀
- Malayalam
- ആസ്റ്റർ ടാടാറികസ്
- Spanish
- Linosyris tatarica
Synonyms
- Aster bracteatus Turcz. ex Herder
- Aster conspicuus Fisch. ex Turcz.
- Aster fauriei H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Aster fauriei Tamamsch.
- Aster intybaceus Kunth & C.D.Bouché
- Aster nakaii H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Aster pubescens Lam.
- Aster rhomboideus Lindl. ex DC.
- Aster tataricus var. fauriei (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Kitam.
- Aster tataricus var. hortensis Nakai
- Aster tataricus var. minor Makino
- Aster tataricus var. nakaii (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Kitam.
- Aster tataricus var. robustus Nakai
- Aster tataricus var. tataricus
- Aster tataricus var. vernalis Nakai
- Aster trinervius var. longifolius Franch. & Sav.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pascalou petit, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hamachidori, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aster_Tataricus.JPG : Pascalou petit derivative work: Nevit Dilmen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: T.Kiya from Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jacilluch, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.