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<strong>Scientific</strong> <strong>Papers</strong>. <strong>Series</strong> B, <strong>Horticulture</strong>. Vol. LVII, 2013Print ISSN 2285-5653, CD-ROM ISSN 2285-5661, Online ISSN 2286-1580, ISSN-L 2285-5653SPONTANEOUS SPECIES WITH ORNAMENTAL POTENTIAL:ASTER OLEIFOLIUS (LAM.) WAGENITZ (I) - MORPHOLOGY,ECOLOGY, CHOROLOGYMihaela Ioana GEORGESCU, Ioana Marcela PDURE, Florin TOMA, Monica BADEA,Sorina PETRAAbstractUniversity of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 59 Mrti Blvd.,District 1, 011464, Bucharest, RomaniaCorresponding author email: mihaelaigeorgescu@yahoo.comMorphological characters and environmental factors requirements for Aster oleifolius (Lam.) Wagenitz [syn. A. villosus(L.) Sch.Bip; Linosyris villosa (L.)DC.] (Asteraceae) are presented as arguments to introduce this species among theornamental plants. A chorology map, based on the original or collected data from different herbaria from Romania andreferences, gives the country spread of this species.Key words: Aster oleifolius, Asteraceae, morphology, ecology, chorology.INTRODUCTIONAster oleifolius (Lam.) Wagenitz [syn. A.villosus (L.) Sch.-Bip., non Thunb.; Galatellavillosa (L.) Rchb.f.; Linosyris villosa (L.) DC.;A. cinereus Korsh.; Chrysocoma villosa L.;Crinitaria villosa (L.) Grossh.; Conyzaoleifolia Lam.] from Asteraceae is a perennialherb, 13-35 cm, stem is ascending to erect,densely hairy, leaves alternate, simple, lanceolateto oblanceolate, 15-40cm/10mm; soonleafless and glabrous below, with oblanceolate,greish-white-tomentose leaves above. Capitulashortly pedunculate, narrowly infundibuliform,in dense corymbus. Involucral bracts is severalrows, subacute to subobtuse, long-ciliate, theouter tomentose, the inner somewhat lanate atthe apex; ligules absent; papus-hairs inequal(Merxmuller and Schreiber, 1976). A. oleifoliusis a xeric steppe species on calcareous soils (inthe nemoral areas and in the forest-steppe onlyon sunny steep clines) with continental Eurasiandistribution (Badarau, 2006).Some species of Aster L. are cultivated andsold in the horticultural trade. Some of thesespecies are widely distributed and have beenknown in cultivation for a long time. Due to thegeneral aspect of plant and the greish-white-tomentoseleaves above, A. oleifolius may be usedas ornamental plant with a longer floweringperiod between July-September, sometimes till327October (Figure 1). A. oleifolius has an excellentpotential as ornamental plant in gardens.Figure 1. The capitula and leaf morphology in Asteroleifolius (orig.)The species A. oleifolius was described byLinnaeus with syn. Chrysocoma villosa L. inLinnean Herbarium [S-LINN], in Sweden(http://linnaeus.nrm.se/botany/fbo/c/chrys/chryvil.html.en) (Figure 2).Figure 2. Chrysocoma villosa L. in Linnean Herbarium[Microfiche number: IDC 337.19]

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