| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Aster yamazutae Matsuda trib. Astereae |
| Bibliography | Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 143 (1919) |
| Native Range | sc. China (Sichuan) |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Altitude | 800-2400m |
| Description | stem leaves adaxially green, subglabrous, long petiolate, spathulate to oblanceolate, serrate, ciliate, rounded, capitula in terminal corymb, sometimes solitary |
| Size | 6-40cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in spring and early fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Aster veitchianus Hutch. & J.R.Drumm. ex G.J.Zhang & T.G.Gao Aster veitchianus f. yamazutae (Matsuda) Y.Ling Metamyriactis veitchiana (Hutch. & J.R.Drumm. ex G.J.Zhang & T.G.Gao) G.L.Nesom |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |