Aster alpinus, the alpine aster or blue alpine daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the mountains of Europe (including the Alps), with a subspecies native to Canada and the United States. This herbaceous perennial has purple, pink, white or blue flowers in summer.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Alpine Aster being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Aster vvedenskyi
- Aster flaccidus
- Erigeron thunbergii
- Townsendia parryi
- Aster amellus
- Oreostemma alpigenum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Aster
- Species
- Aster alpinus
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