CHR 536922 A – Aster L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 536922 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
17 October 2000
Database record updated:
29 September 2010
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Aster sp.
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Aster L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Solu Khumbu, Hinku Valley, Above Tsetok
Verbatim locality:
Solu Khumbu, Hinku Valley, Above Tsetok
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 235/99
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
25-4-99
Start date:
1999-04-25
Country:
Nepal
Altitudes:
from 2900m to 3000m
Habitat:
Trackside, open place amongst rocks.
Notes:
Perennial, herbaceous, with rhizomes. Young shoots erect, purplish. Stems stated to grow to a m [metre] or so & have yellow flowers. Rated by Sherpas as a serious cattle poison in spring. Very common but by track only. Sheets A to B
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