Tripolium pannonicum
| Sea aster | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Tripolium |
| Species: | T. pannonicum
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| Binomial name | |
| Tripolium pannonicum | |
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Tripolium pannonicum,calledsea aster[2]orseashore aster[3]and often known by the synonymsAster tripoliumorAster pannonicus,is a flowering plant, native toEurasiaand northernAfrica,[4][1]that is confined in its distribution tosalt marshes,estuaries and occasionally to inlandsaltworks.
It is a perennial growing up to 50 cm tall with fleshy lanceolate leaves and purple ray florets flowering from July to September. The plants tend to be short-lived and populations need significant new recruitment each year from new seedlings. There are rayed as well as rayless varieties and only the former have long blue or white florets. The rayless form is yellow. The plant flowers well into autumn and hence provides a valuable source of nectar for late-flying butterflies such aspainted ladyandred admiral.
Young leaves of this plant are edible and are collected for consumption on the floodplains of theDutchprovince ofZeeland.The leaves are typically sauteed in butter and consumed as a vegetable.[citation needed]
Sea aster was celebrated as the subject of a definitive stamp issued by the Irish post office,An Post,designed bySusan Sex.[5]
References
[edit]- ^abcGreuter, W. (2006), "Tripolium pannonicum", in Greuter, W.; Raab-Straube, E. von (eds.),Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity,retrieved2014-08-23
- ^USDA, NRCS(n.d.)."Tripolium pannonicum".The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov).Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team.Retrieved15 December2015.
- ^English Names for Korean Native Plants(PDF).Pocheon:Korea National Arboretum.2015. p. 367.ISBN978-89-97450-98-5.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 25 May 2017.Retrieved26 January2017– viaKorea Forest Service.
- ^"Tripolium pannonicum".Germplasm Resources Information Network.Agricultural Research Service,United States Department of Agriculture.Retrieved22 December2017.
- ^An Post."Wild Flowers of Ireland - 82c sea aster stamp".anpost.com.Retrieved2024-08-20.
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