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Aster lanceolatus

Mata Ngiao (MK)

White Michaelmas-Daisy

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: White Michaelmas-Daisy

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Longlasting Daisy (AT)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE USA

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land, lowlands

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Ornamental flowers

KEY FEATURES: coarse herb to 1m LF ovate to lanceolate, not hairy, glaucous. FL head 2cmØ, ray corollas light blue, disk corollas yellow; bracts appressed, not green.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
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-

Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
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-

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Scientific Taxonomy

Aster lanceolatus
TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ASTERIDAE; Asterales; ASTERACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.833 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.112 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.5/304 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova

Data Update History (information):
zTXmx, zB02, zM04b, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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