- Aster tripolium L. - Sea Aster - Compositae / Asteraceae
© Roy Anderson
© Stan Beesley
© Graham Day
(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.
NBN Atlas mapping: Species account : NBN Atlas UK Species Observations database
iNaturalist: Species account : iNaturalist World Species Observations database