| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Aster asagrayi Makino trib. Astereae |
| Bibliography | Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 22: 157 (1908) |
| Native Range | Hainan to se. China, s. Japan to Nansei-shoto |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sands |
| Altitude | 0-100m |
| Description | leaves in rosettes, sessile, glabrous, entire, ciliate, spathulate, rounded, stem leaves spathulate-oblong, capitula 20-25mm across, solitary or in corymb |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy 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 ciliosus (Turcz.) Hand.-Mazz. Heteropappus ciliosus (Turcz.) Y.Ling Kalimeris ciliata A.Gray Kalimeris ciliosa Turcz. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHH Hainan, CHS China Southeast) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, NNS Nansei-shoto) |