Flora of Northern Ireland
Aster tripolium
© Roy Anderson
Aster tripolium
© Stan Beesley
Aster tripolium
© Graham Day
Aster tripolium
(Map updated: March 2008)
 

The only native wild aster, common on seashores in saltmarshes or rock crevices. It normally produces a handsome lilac or pale blue daisy-like flower, but some plants are rayless and produce only disk florets.

All names: Aster tripolium L.