''Boltonia lautureana '' is an

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species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

of plants in the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

. It is native to

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, and Asiatic Russia.Flora of China, 山马兰 shan ma lan, ''Aster lautureanus'' (Debeaux) Franchet
/ref> ''Boltonia lautureana '' is a plant up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. It has many daisy-like

flower heads A pseudanthium (; : pseudanthia) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, composite flowers ...

with blue

ray florets Asteraceae () is a large family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchidaceae, and which is the larger fa ...

and yellow

disc floret Asteraceae () is a large family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchidaceae, and which is the larger fa ...

s.Debeaux, Jean Odon 1877. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 31: 215-216
description in Latin, commentary in French

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Flora Republicae Popularis Sinicae, 中国植物志版权所有 © 1959-2004 中国科学院《中国植物志》编委会科学出版社中国科学院植物研究所（系统与进化植物学国家重点实验室）数字植物项目组京ICP备13006946号-2 网站统计我有话要说山马兰 ''Kalimeris lautureana'' (Debx.) Kitam.
in Chinese with several color photos Astereae Flora of the Russian Far East Flora of China Flora of Eastern Asia Plants described in 1877 {{Astereae-stub