Double Japanese Aster

Description

To 90cm tall; leaves to 15cm, deeply pinnatifid, oblong, subobtuse, scabrid, the margins ciliate, etiolate, the upper leaves to 2.5cm long, linear, entire, sessile. Capitula to 7mm across, phyllaries broadly ovate, obtuse, coriaceous, green-tipped with scarious margins, minutely pubescent or glabrous; ray florets tinged purple; summer blooming.