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| November 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
November 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
November 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
| Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
| Scientific name | Aster kantoensis Kitamura |
| Synonyms | none |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) kawara-nogiku (カワラノギク, 河原野菊 [meaning: riverbed wild aster]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (Kanto region, Shizuoka Prefecture) |
| (Other nations) none | |
| Habitat | Riverbed |
| Chromosomal number | unknown |
| Description | Plants ca. 50cm tall. Leaves 6-7cm long, 3-5mm wide. Flowers white head ca. 3.5-4cm across, involucres 7-10mm long, flowering in October to November. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Aster kantoensis Kitam. |
| Restoration of Ecosystems. Restoration of Aster kantoensis in the Floodplain of the Tama River. | |
| Note | Rare species. |
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| November 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
November 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
November 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
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| November 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
