Callistephus chinensis Nees

Chinese Aster

Annual herb to 70 cm tall. Leaves broad-ovate, to 10 cm long. Capitula up to about 13 cm across; late summer and autumn.

China

Grown as an annual bedding plant and available in a range of named seed mixes.

Source: Jeanes, J. (2002). Asteraceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Asterales
family       Asteraceae
genus        Callistephus Cass.