RUSSIA EXPO

04.11.2023–08.07.2024 MOSCOW, VDNH

Alpine aster. Chechen Republic

Alpine aster. Chechen Republic
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Alpine aster (Aster alpinus). Under natural conditions, this perennial plant can be found high in the mountains. In the republic, this variety of aster grows at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters. This flower embodies the proud spirit of the Chechen people and blooms brightly on mountain slopes in late autumn.

It is a light-loving, unpretentious plant accustomed to poor clay or sandy soils. Places of growth include steppes, rocky placers, cliffs, light-coniferous and mixed forests, edges, alpine meadows.

The species is widespread in Western Europe, South-West Asia, China, Mongolia, Tajikistan and in the west of North America. In Russia, it grows in the south of the Urals, in Western Siberia, and in the Caucasus.

Ornamental and medicinal plant contains flavonoids, saponins, coumarins. All above-ground parts of the plant are used for medicinal purposes: flowers, leaves, stems. Aster alpine has antipyretic, anti-inflammatory and expectorant effect. Inflorescences of alpine aster are used in folk medicine for gastrointestinal diseases.

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