Aster amellus
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ἀργεμώνιον, ἀστέριον, ἀστήρ, ἀστὴρ Ἀττικός, ἀστερίσκος, βουβώνιον
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Aster amellus, the European Michaelmas daisy, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the genus Aster of the family Asteraceae.
The specific name amellus is first used in the Georgics (Book IV, 271-280), a poem of the Latin poet Publius Vergilius Maro (70 BC - 19 BC), but the etymology is obscure and uncertain.
The English common name derives from the flowers being in bloom during Michaelmas (the Feast of St. Michael the archangel)
Also called: Amellus officinalis Gaterau; Amellus vulgaris Opiz; Aster acmellus Pall.; Aster albus Willd. ex Spreng.; Aster amelloides Hoffm.; Aster amellus subsp. bessarabicus Soó; Aster atticus Pall.; Aster bessarabicus Bernh. ex Rchb.; Aster collinus Salisb.; Aster elegans Nees; Aster noeanus Sch.Bip. ex Nyman; Aster ottomanum Velen.; Aster pseudoamellus DC.; Aster purpureus Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.; Aster scepusiensis Kit. ex Kanitz; Aster tinctorius Wallr.; Aster trinervius Gilib.; Diplopappus asperrimus DC.; Diplopappus laxus Benth.; Galatella asperrima Nees; Kalimares amellus Raf. ex B.D.Jacks.