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Aster quitensis

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)

About

Aster quitensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It holds the world record for the rarest Aster species, as there is only one collection of it.

Other Aster plants

Rough Surface Aster · Alpine aster · European Michaelmas-daisy · Composite · Aster formosanus · Frikart's Aster · Korean Montane Aster · Aster iinumae · Miyamayomena koraiensis · Maack’s Aster · Aster neoelegans · Doellingeria scabra

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aster quitensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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