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Aster

Aster

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Aster (Aster) is a genus of perennial herb in the family Asteraceae. They are native to Serbia, Azerbaijan, Western Australia, San Marino, Turkey, Croatia, Slovenia, Crimea, Canada, Albania, Switzerland, Gibraltar, Gruziya, Ukraine, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Greece, Montenegro, Channel Islands, Romania, Spain, Hungary, Armenia, Morocco, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Alaska, Andorra, Italy, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Moldova, The Contiguous United States, Belgium, Vatican City, Germany, Nakhchivan, and Poland. They have achenes. Flowers are visited by Common Eastern Bumblebee, Transverse Flower Fly, Tricolored Bumble Bee, and drone fly. Individuals can grow to 0.85 m.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980073
Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span extends over more than two growing seasons, c.f. annual, biennial, ephemeral, of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic
Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary: http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossaryi_p.html#perennial

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142
Definition: whole plant herbaceous

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/6290252

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/587116

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2058645

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/298795

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3202326

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3190538

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/703883

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/6251999

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/783754

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2658434

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2411586

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/690791

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3277605

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/390903

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3194884

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3042400

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/798549

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2510769

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/719819

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/174982

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2542007

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3077311

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2960313

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2993457

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/718075

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3042058

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/5879092
Attribution: GeoNames

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3041565

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3175395

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2782113

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/732800

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3017382

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/617790

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q578170

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2802361

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URI: http://marineregions.org/mrgid/21447

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2921044

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/147435

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/798544

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0030107
Definition: a fruit which develops from a carpel or gyneocium and at maturity comprises a dry exocarp, a dry mesocarp, and a dry endocarp that are connected to a seed coat by a funicle

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EOL has data for 15 attributes, including:

cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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multicellular
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
- Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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fruit type
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0000850
- Definition: A fruit anatomy and morphology trait (TO:0002629) which is associated with the type of a fruit (PO:0009001).
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PO:0009001] [database_cross_reference: TO:moorel]
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achenes
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0030107
- Definition: a fruit which develops from a carpel or gyneocium and at maturity comprises a dry exocarp, a dry mesocarp, and a dry endocarp that are connected to a seed coat by a funicle
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Czech Republic
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/3077311
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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beach sand
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002138
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leaf nitrogen per dry mass
- URI: http://top-thesaurus.org/annotationInfo?viz=1&&trait=Leaf_nitrogen_content_per_leaf_dry_mass
- Definition: The ratio of the quantity of nitrogen in the leaf or component thereof, i.e. leaf lamina or leaflet, per respective unit dry mass
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19 mg/g
life cycle habit
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0002725
- Definition: Determined for type of life cycle being annual, binneal, perennial etc.
- Comment: The life cycle habit indicates the typical duration of an individual plant's life. Common values are annual, biennial, and perennial. Some plants have different durations depending on environment or location, so a plant can have more than one value.
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perennial
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980073
- Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span extends over more than two growing seasons, c.f. annual, biennial, ephemeral, of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic
- Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary: http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossaryi_p.html#perennial
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native range includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NativeRange
- Definition: Lists jurisdictions in which a given organism is a member of the undisturbed fauna or flora.
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Western Australia
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/2058645
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parasite of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444
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Puccinia cnici-oleracei Pers. 1823
plant growth form
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900032
- Definition: whole plant growth form. eg: herbaceous, tree, liana
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herb
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142
- Definition: whole plant herbaceous
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produces
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0003000
- Definition: This organism produces this material or substance, either during its life or after death. A produces B if some process that occurs in A has output B.
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oxygen
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_15379
- Definition: molecular oxygen, O2
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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photoautotroph
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000130
- Definition: An autotroph which is capable of transforming light into chemical energy.
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type specimen repository
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TypeSpecimenRepository
- Definition: The institution that holds a type specimen for a given species. The recommended best practice is to use the identifier in a collections registry such as the Biodiversity Collections Index (http://www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/).
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Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin, Zentraleinrichtung der Freien Universität Berlin
- URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15534
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of aster. View this species on GBIF

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