Plants : AsteraceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Aster tripolium L.

Sea Aster

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Aster tripolium

Description: 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.

Distribution Map from NBN: Aster tripolium at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Aster tripolium at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Aster tripolium. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=4422. Accessed on 2026-11-02.