Aster is a wide-spread genus of flowering plants, in the
Asteraceae family. The name is also sometimes informally applied to the family as well. There are more than 600 species, a number of which are very popular garden plants.
Species include:
- A. alpinus
- A. amellus (Italian aster)
- A. cordifolius (blue wood aster)
- A. divaricatus (white wood aster)
- A. ericoides (heath aster)
- A. laevis
- A. lateriflorus
- A. novae-angliae (New England aster)
- A. novi-belgii (New York aster)
- A. pringlei
- A. sibericus
- A. tataricus
- A. tonglensis
The China aster is in the related Callistephus genus.