EPPO Global Database

• EPPO Code: ASTNB
• Preferred name: Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
• Authority: (Linnaeus) Nesom

USA (eastern). Cultivated as an ornamental, often escaping. The Latin name refers, not to Belgium, but to New Netherland, a colonial province which existed in the 17th century in the vicinity of New York. Introduced in most of Europe, Black Sea, Western Asia, Russian Far East, Korea, Australia

Potentially invasive in Central Russia