×Solidaster Wehrhahn

A bigeneric hybrid between Solidago L. and Aster L.

Rough perennial herbs. Stems erect. Leaves basal and along stems, alternate, margins sparsely toothed. Capitula radiate, terminal, many in much-branched corymbose panicles, with stalks. Involucral bracts in many rows, overlapping, unequal. Receptacle flat. Ray florets female, ligulate, bright yellow becoming pale creamy yellow with age. Disk florets bisexual, tubular, golden yellow. [×Asterago Everett]

A bigeneric hybrid between Solidago L. and Aster L.

Many capitula in corymbose panicles; ligules pale yellow (with age), with contrasting golden yellow disk florets.

1 species originating from horticulture in France.

Brouillet & Semple (1981).

Source: Lawson, L.; Spencer, R. (2002). Dahlia. 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.

kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Asterales
family       Asteraceae
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