China aster

It was brought from China to France by a missionary in the 18th century.

China aster (plural China asters)

1. Callistephus chinensis, an ornamental plant native to China.
   • 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 224:

     ‘[S]he carelessly bound a glowing wreath of African marygolds and purple China-aster, surmounting the whole with a light kerchief of pink Italian gauze, embroidered by herself in lilies of the valley.’

• Earthicans, catarhines