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Aster alpinus cylleneus (Alpine aster)

Synonyms: Aster alpinus var. cylleneus; Aster cylleneus (homotypic)

Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Early Summer
Drought Tolerance [1]  Medium
Fire Tolerance [1]  Medium
Frost Free Days [1]  90 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Summer
Growth Form [1]  Single Crown
Growth Period [1]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [1]  Slow
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Propagation [1]  Container, Seed
Regrowth Rate [1]  Slow
Root Depth [1]  15 inches (38 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [1]  Slow
Seed Vigor [1]  Low
Seeds Per [1]  7999984 / lb (17636960 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [1]  Erect
Structure [3]  Herb
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  None
Flower Color [1]  White
Foliage Color [1]  Green
Fruit Color [1]  Brown
Flower Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Height [1]  3.937 inches (0.1 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 4 Low Temperature: -30 F° (-34.4 C°) → -20 F° (-28.9 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Infertile
Soil Moisture [2]  Moist
Water Use [1]  Moderate
Screening - Summer [1]  Porous
Screening - Winter [1]  Porous

Protected Areas

Predators

Scrobipalpula diffluella[4]
Scrobipalpula psilella[4]
Trionymus multisetiger[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0