Many books distinguish Erigeron and Aster on the basis of much narrower ligules (ray florets) in Erigeron and broader in Aster, but the real distinguishing feature is they being uniseriate in Aster and multiseriate in Erigeron, a feature clearly seen here.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 4:17 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Many thanks for the clarification of ID, Tabish. > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Aster himalaicus does look very similar, but it occurs only estawards >> from central Nepal. So, this one should be Erigeron multiradiatus without >> doubt. >> - Tabsh >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > -- > > > > --
