Aster alpinus [SEP] parent taxon
Aster alpinus
Aster alpinus (Alpine aster) is an ornamental plant native to the mountains of Europe (including the Alps), with a subspecies native to Canada and the United States. It is a perennial forb having purple, pink or blue flowers belonging to the genus "Aster".
Description.
 It grows to be about 6–12 inches tall (15–30 cm). The bloom color may be pink, violet-lavender, dark purple-black, or white-near white and may bloom in
It differs from other European long-eared bats, such as the brown long-eared bat, by its white underparts.
Taxonomy and etymology.
It was described as a new subspecies in 1965 by A. Kuzjakin, who considered it a subspecies of the brown long-eared bat, "Plecotus auritus". Its trinomen at the time was "Plecotus auritus macrobullaris".
Andreas Kiefer and Michael Veith described a new taxon, "Plecotus alpinus", in the 2001 volume of the journal "Myotis",