| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Aster retusus Ludlow trib. Astereae |
| Bibliography | Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 2: 69 (1956) |
| Native Range | se. Tibet |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 4000-4300m |
| Description | stoloniferous, stems purple brown, basal leaves spathulate, 1-3cm, glabrous, often ciliate, shortly winged petiolate, obtuse, stem leaves oblanceolate, sessile, capitula solitary |
| Size | 2-8cm |
| Color | purplish pink |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in spring and early fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Tibetiodes retusa (Ludlow) G.L.Nesom |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) |