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Aster dumosus

Aster dumosus

9.9
A small plant with stiff stems, small leaves, and many tiny white flowers
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : Aster dumosus
  • Botanists often identify Aster dumosus by its stiff stems and abundance of tiny flowers.

Examples

  • The garden was full of Aster dumosus, adding delicate white blooms in late summer.

  • The Aster dumosus blooms beautifully in the fall.

  • Aster dumosus thrives in well-drained soil and sunny locations.

  • I planted Aster dumosus in my garden last spring.

  • Aster dumosus is known for its small white flowers that attract butterflies during the summer.

  • In many gardens, Aster dumosus is appreciated for its ability to thrive even in poor soil conditions.

  • Gardeners love Aster dumosus because it blooms at the end of the growing season, brightening up the fall landscape.

Synonyms

bushy aster
vsAster dumosus
  • US
9.4

A plant from eastern North America that comes back each year with many small white flowers

is native specifically to the eastern United States rather than all of North America

Surface Forms

Aster dumosus singular
Aster dumosi singular

Morphology

aster + dumosus

The compound is compositionally interpretable: 'aster' is a familiar flower name and 'dumosus' is a Latin epithet that conveys a bushy/shrubby quality, so the binomial effectively denotes a 'bushy aster'. However, the second element is an obscure Latin taxonomic term (not a standard English word), so understanding requires knowledge of botanical naming conventions or Latin; this makes the meaning only partially predictable for typical B1 learners.

Etymology

Aster dumosus comes from old Greek and Latin words: aster means 'star' and dumosus means 'bushy'. The plant has many small, star-shaped flowers and grows in a low bush, so the name shows what it looks like.