A popular garden plant with their showy flower heads and the availability of flowers in various colors is Aster.

Kingdom

Plantae

Division

Magnoliophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Aster

 

Asters are lovely perennials that are found widely. Their are nearly 600 species of aster widely spread all over the world. The word Aster refers to the Starlike flowers in Greek. Asters are found in many colors from white, purple, pink, lavender, red, blue with yellow centers. Asters are nearly 1 - 1.5 inch flowers. Asters are very complicated flowers.




Various types of Aster

Lindley's Aster (Aster ciliolatus), New England Aster (Aster novae-angliae), Many-Flowered Aster (Aster ericoides), Western Silvery Aster (Aster sericeus), Willow Aster (Aster hesperius), Flat-Topped White Aster (Aster umbellatus), Smooth Aster (Aster laevis).