Common name
English: Sea aster
German: Strand-Aster
Mandarin: 碱菀 (jian wan)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2616)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2519)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2128)
Order: Asterales (221)
Family: Asteraceae (219)(family description)
Genus: Tripolium (1)
Epithet: pannonicum (Jacq.) Dobrocz. (1)
Subspecies: tripolium (L.) Greuter
Synonym: Aster tripolium L.
pannonicum => from Pannonia, ancient province of the Roman Empire covering the present-day western half of Hungary with parts in Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
tripolium => according to Theophrastus a plant with three times the strength of Teucrium polium, from three and pólion (Teucrium polium), possibly in reference to anti-inflammatory activity; in Eaton (1829) explained as three-furrowed, from three and peleo (to plough or to furrow)
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: helophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow, white