| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Aster alpinus L trib. Astereae |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 872 (1753) |
| Native Range | Europe to n. China and Iran |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Description | pubescent or hirsute, leaves entire, lower leaves oblong-spathulate, petiolate, stem leaves smaller, lanceolate, involucral bracts lanceolate, capitula solitary |
| Size | 15-20cm |
| Color | bluish violet, reddish |
| Bloom | summer |
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| 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 alpinus var. elatior Schur Aster alpinus var. fallax (Tamamsch.) Y.Ling Aster alpinus var. oxyceramis Briq. & Cavill. Aster alpinus var. subscaposus Briq. & Cavill. Aster chrysocomoides Turcz. ex DC. Aster fallax Tamamsch. Aster flaccidus var. atropurpureus Onno Aster garibaldii Brügger Aster hirsutus Host Aster hispanicus Coincy Aster korshinskyi Tamamsch. Aster nivalis Adams Aster novopokrovskyi Krasch. & Iljin Aster pulchellus Hohen. Aster scabris Mill. Aster scapigerus Ledeb. Aster wolfii Favrat Borkonstia novopokrovskyi (Krasch. & Iljin) Ignatov Diplactis alpina (L.) Semple Krylovia novopokrovskyi (Krasch. & Iljin) Tamamsch. Rhinactinidia novopokrovskyi (Krasch, & IIjin) Novopokr. ex Botsch. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHX Xinjiang) |
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