| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Aster serpentimontanus Tamamsch. trib. Astereae |
| Bibliography | Fl. URSS 25: 108 (1959) |
| Native Range | n. European Russia to Xinjiang, Russian Far East |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | stems densely adpressed pubescent, basal leaves long petiolate, oblanceolate, 5cm, stem leaves sessile, smaller, linear, capitula solitary, terminal, 3-4cm across |
| Size | 8-10cm |
| Color | bright pink |
| Bloom | late spring, 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 alpinus var. serpentimontanus (Tamamsch.) Y.Ling Aster alpinus ssp. serpentimontanus (Tamamsch.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Aster alpinus ssp. tolmatschevii (Tamamsch.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Aster tolmatschevii Tamamasch. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan, SAK Sakhalin) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |