| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Aster asteroides (DC.) Kuntze trib. Astereae |
| Bibliography | Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 315 (1891) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to sc. China and Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3200-5000m |
| Description | roots tuberose, leaves ovate to elliptic, ca. 4cm long, long petiolate, sometimes sparsely dentate, capitula solitary, ca. 5cm across |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | bluish purple, pink |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | |
| 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 and early fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Aster hedinii Ostenf. Aster heterochaeta C.B.Clarke Erigeron heterochaeta Botsch. Heterochaeta asteroides DC. Tibetiodes asteroides (DC.) G.L.Nesom |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |