Asteraceae FAMILY
Aster amellus
Aster amellus
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Aster amellus is a herbaceous, perennial plant producing a dense cluster of erect stems from 30 - 70cm tall. Widely grown as an ornamental, and fairly rare in the wild, the plant can be used as a food and a medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurope - Germany and France east to Ukraine and Greece; W. Asia - Turkey, Caucasus, Central Asia and western Siberia
HabitatScrub and wood margins.[ 50 Title Flora Europaea Publication Author ? Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1964 ISBN - Description An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for Europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader. ] Marshy places and lake sides[ 178 Title Chinese Materia Medica. Publication Author Stuart. Rev. G. A. Publisher Taipei. Southern Materials Centre Year 1911 ISBN - Description A translation of an ancient Chinese herbal. Fascinating. ], mainly on limestone soils[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ].