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Aster tenellus or Bristly leaved Aster
Aster tenellus. Bristly-leav'd Aster
Class and Order
Syngenesia Polygamia Superflua
Generic Character
Recept. nudum. Pappus simplex. Cor. radii plures 10.
Cal. imbricati squamæ inferiores patulæ
Specific Character and Synonyms
ASTER tenellus foliis subfiliformibus aculeato-ciliatis, pedunculis
nudis, calycibus hemisphæricis æqualibus. Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p.
760.
ASTER parvus æthiopicus, chamæmeli floribus, tamarisci ægyptiaci
foliis tenuissime denticulatis. Pluk. alm. 56. t. 271. f. 4. Raii.
Suppl. 164. n. 84.
Most of the numerous species of this genus flower about Michaelmas,
hence their vulgar name of Michaelmas-Daisy; a name exceptionable
not only on account of its length, but from its being a compound
word. Aster, though a Latin term, is now so generally received, that
we shall make no apology for adopting it.
We are indebted to North-America for most of our Asters, but the
present species, which is omitted by Miller, and is rather a scarce
plant in this country, though not of modern introduction, being
figured by Plukenet and described by Ray, is a native of Africa,
and, like a few others, requires in the winter the shelter of a
greenhouse.
It is particularly distinguished by having very narrow leaves with
short bristles on them, and by its blossoms drooping before they
open.
It is a perennial, flowers in September and October, and may be
propagated by slips or cuttings.
The plant from whence our drawing was made, came from Messrs. Gordon
and Thompson's Nursery, Mile-End.
The Botanical Magazine or Flower-Garden
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