| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Oreostemma andersonii (A.Gray) Greene trib. Astereae |
| Bibliography | Pittonia 4: 224 (1900) |
| Native Range | Oregon to Nevada and California |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 1500-3700m |
| Description | basal leaves linear-oblanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, 8-12cm, acute, hirsute or glabrescent, capitula solitary, phyllaries uninerved |
| Size | 5-40cm |
| Color | lavender blue |
| Bloom | summer, autumn |
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| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in spring; cuttings in spring and in late summer |
| Synonyms | Aster alpigenus ssp. andersonii (A.Gray) Onno Aster alpigenus var. andersonii (A.Gray) M.Peck Aster andersonii (A.Gray) A.Gray Erigeron andersonii A.Gray Oreastrum andersonii (A.Gray) Greene Oreostemma alpigenum var. andersonii (A.Gray) G.L.Nesom |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada) |