| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Aster aitchisonii Boiss. trib. Astereae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Orient., Suppl.: 287 (1888) |
| Native Range | Afghanistan to w. Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 2100-2400m |
| Description | scabrous-hirsute, stems densely leafy, leaves minute, rigid, shortly petiolate, remotely dentate, capitula 5-10, shortly pedicellate, in terminal corymb |
| Size | 25-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, 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 |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |