| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Aster prainii (J.R.Drumm.) Y.L.Chen trib. Astereae |
| Bibliography | Geol. Ecol. Studies Qinghai-Xizang Plateau 2: 1314 (1981) |
| Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 5100-5400m |
| Description | stoloniferous, stems densely lanate, lower leaves spathulate to linear-spathulate, long petiolate, stem leaves oblong-spathulate to linear, capitula solitary, 4-5cm across |
| Size | 4-10cm |
| Color | dark blue |
| 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 | Aster lanuginosus (J.Small) Y.Ling Aster neolanuginosus Brouillet Chlamydites prainii J.R.Drumm. Wardaster lanuginosus J.Small |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, WHM West Himalaya) |