| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Aster culminis A.Nelson trib. Astereae |
| Bibliography | New Man. Bot. Centr. Rocky Mt.: 513 (1909) |
| Native Range | Russian Far East to n. China, Alaska to nw. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 10-3700m |
| Description | stems densely white lanate, basal leaves entire, hirsute, petiolate, oblanceolate to spathulate, stem leaves sessile, lanceolate, capitula solitary, 3-4cm across |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | rose, white, purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in spring and early fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Aster alpinus ssp. vierhapperi Onno Aster alpinus var. vierhapperi (Onno) Cronquist Aster americanus Onno Diplactis alpina ssp. vierhapperi (Onno) Semple |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHX Xinjiang) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 72 Eastern Canada (ONT Ontario) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, WYO Wyoming) |