Aster × frikartii

Aster × frikartii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Aster
Species:
A. × frikartii
Binomial name
Aster × frikartii

Aster × frikartii (or Aster frikartii), called Frikart's aster, is a hybrid of European Michaelmas daisy, Aster amellus, and Thomson's aster, Aster thomsonii (from the western Himalayas).[2] It was created by Swiss plant breeder Carl Ludwig Frikart. Its cultivars 'Mönch' and 'Wunder von Stäfa' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit, and are also considered by them to be good plants to attract pollinators.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Uns. Freil.-Stauden, ed. 4: 122 (1927)
  2. ^ "Aster × frikartii Silva Tar. & C.K.Schneid". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Aster × frikartii 'Mönch' aster 'Mönch'". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Aster × frikartii 'Wunder von Stäfa' aster 'Wunder von Stäfa'". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 13 November 2020.


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