Editing Aster (genus) (section)

==Species==
{{See also|List of Aster species}}

[[File:Aster-alpinus.JPG|thumb|''[[Aster alpinus]]'' is the only species of ''Aster'' (''[[sensu stricto]]'') that is native to North America; it is found in mountains across the Northern Hemisphere.]]
Plants of the World Online accepts 186 species as of August 2024.<ref name="331068-2" /> The species formerly known as ''Aster tripolium'' (sea aster) is now ''[[Tripolium pannonicum]]''. The species formerly known as ''Aster linosyris'' (goldilocks) is now ''[[Galatella linosyris]]''. Many species and a variety of hybrids and varieties are popular as garden plants because of their beautiful, attractive and colourful flowers. ''Aster'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of [[Lepidoptera]] species—see list of Lepidoptera that feed on ''Aster''. Asters can grow in all hardiness zones.

Selected species:
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*''[[Aster ageratoides]]'' {{small|Turcz.}} – rough-surface aster
*''[[Aster alpinus]]'' {{small|L.}} – alpine aster
*''[[Aster altaicus]]'' {{small|Willd.}}
*''[[Aster amellus]]'' {{small|L.}} – European Michaelmas daisy, Italian aster
*''[[Aster arenarius]]'' {{small|(Kitam.) Nemoto}} – beach-sand aster
*''[[Aster bellidiastrum]]'' {{small|(L.) Scop.}}
*''[[Aster formosanus]]'' {{small|Hayata}}
*''[[Aster glehnii]]'' {{small|F.Schmidt}} – [[Ulleungdo]] aster
*''[[Aster hayatae]]'' {{small|H.Lév. & Vaniot}} – Korean montane aster
*''[[Aster hispidus]]'' {{small|Thunb.}} <ref>{{cite web |title=''Aster hispidus'' |url=https://species.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Aster_hispidus |website=Wikispecies}} </ref>
*''[[Aster iinumae]]'' {{small|Kitam.}} – perennial false aster
*''[[Aster incisus]]'' {{small|Fisch.}} – incised-leaf aster
*''[[Aster lautureanus]]'' {{small|(Debeaux) Franch.}} – connected aster, mountain aster
*''[[Aster maackii]]'' {{small|Regel}} – Maack's aster
*''[[Aster neoelegans]]'' {{small|Grierson}}
*''[[Aster quitensis]]'' {{small|Willd. ex Spreng.}} ([[unplaced]])
*''[[Aster spathulifolius]]'' {{small|Maxim.}} – seashore spatulate aster
*''[[Aster tataricus]]'' {{small|L.f.}} – Tatarian aster, Tatarinow's aster
*''[[Aster tonglingensis]]'' {{small|G.J.Zhang & T.G.Gao}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2019/01/aster-tonglingensis.html |title=Convergent Origin of the narrowly lanceolate leaf in the Genus Aster—with Special Reference to An Unexpected Discovery of A New Aster Species from East China |publisher=Novataxa |access-date=11 February 2019 |date=27 January 2019 }}</ref>
*''[[Aster tongolensis]]'' {{small|Franch.}}
*''[[Aster yomena]]'' {{small|(Kitam.) Honda}}
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{{see also|List of Aster synonyms}}