Aster fastigiatus — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

Edible Parts: Leaves Edible Uses: Young leaves - boiled.

Where to Find It

It is a cool temperate plant.

Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Siberia,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A perennial reaching 0.6 m tall, hardy to UK zone 2. Flowers from August to October with seeds ripening September to October. Hermaphroditic and self-fertile, pollinated by bees, flies, beetles, and lepidopterans. Tolerates light sandy, medium loamy, and heavy clay soils across mildly acid, neutral, and basic pH ranges. Requires full light and prefers moist or wet soil.

How to Grow

Succeeds in most good garden soils, preferring one that is well-drained and moisture retentive. Prefers a sunny position. There is some confusion over nomenclature, the reports below on the plants uses could refer to A. fastigiatus. Ledeb. non Fisch. which is a synonym for A. haupti. Ledeb. Most species in this genus seem to be immune to the predations of rabbits. Hybridizes freely with other members of this genus.

Propagation: Seed - surface sow in spring in a cold frame. Do not allow the compost to become dry. Pre-chilling the seed for two weeks can improve germination rates. Germination usually takes place within 2 weeks at 20°c. When large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out in the summer. Division in spring or autumn.

Medicinal Uses

Antispasmodic Dysentery Epilepsy Febrifuge Febrifuge. The root is used in the treatment of dysentery, epilepsy, plague and to allay the effects of overeating.

Other Uses

None known Special Uses

Wikipedia

A perennial reaching 0.6 m tall, hardy to UK zone 2. Flowers from August to October with seeds ripening September to October. Hermaphroditic and self-fertile, pollinated by bees, flies, beetles, and lepidopterans. Tolerates light sandy, medium loamy, and heavy clay soils across mildly acid, neutral, and basic pH ranges. Requires full light and prefers moist or wet soil.