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Fam.: Asteraceae / Composite Fam.  

Synon.:  Aster sinensis  HOFFM.

Genus:  Callistephus  CASS.,  Aster  L.
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   NEES:  Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776 - 1858), German botanist
   HOFFM.:  Georg Franz Hoffmann (1761 - 1826), German botanist
   CASS.:  Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini (1781 - 1832), French botanist
 

Etymology:
   Callistephus:   kallos = beauty, stephus = rim
   chinensis:   from China
   Aster:   aster = star
   sinensis:   from China
 

This is a plant which run wild from a communal planting at Weinheim (Bergstraße, Southern Germany).

 

Callistephus chinensis / China Aster, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 28.9.2009
Fig. 1:  Callistephus chinensis / China Aster
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 28.9.2009
Callistephus chinensis / China Aster, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 28.9.2009
Fig. 2:  Callistephus chinensis / China Aster
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 28.9.2009
Callistephus chinensis / China Aster, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 28.9.2009
Fig. 3:  Callistephus chinensis / China Aster
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 28.9.2009
Callistephus chinensis / China Aster, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 28.9.2009
Fig. 4:  Callistephus chinensis / China Aster
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 28.9.2009
Callistephus chinensis / China Aster, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 28.9.2009
Fig. 5:  Callistephus chinensis / China Aster
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 28.9.2009
Callistephus chinensis / China Aster, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 28.9.2009
Fig. 6:  Callistephus chinensis / China Aster
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 28.9.2009
Callistephus chinensis / China Aster, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 28.9.2009
Fig. 7:  Callistephus chinensis / China Aster
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 28.9.2009

 


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