Asters are flowers that have heads that look like stars. There have been some recent changes in taxonomy that have put North American asters into other plant genus.
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Aster flowers are dicots. They belong to the Asteraceae family, which is known for its dicotyledonous plants.
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mostly common flowers found Indiana are white aster, redbud, new England aster -leslie g
Amaryllis , Aster,
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Rabbits are one kind of animals that eat the aster flowers. They seem to find them delicious. Deer will also eat aster flowers.
Anemone, aster.
· Alyssum · Aster · Azalea
Asters individual flowers will die after pollination. If the plant is dying that is a different story.
African Violets and Azaleas are flowers. Alyssum, Aster and Amaryllis also are flowers.
I like to plant a lot of yellow aster in the garden because it is bright and long lasting.