| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Aster diplostephioides (DC.) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke trib. Astereae |
| Bibliography | Compos. Ind.: 45 (1876) |
| Native Range | China to ne. Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2700-5000m |
| Description | leaves sessile, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute, entire, capitula solitary, 6-9cm across, involucral bracts lanceolate, very long, ligules numerous, narrow |
| Size | 15-50cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 delavayi Franch. Aster diplostephioides ssp. delavayi (Franch.) Onno Aster diplostephioides f. minor Y.Ling Aster diplostephioides ssp. yunannensis Onno Aster vilmorinii Franch. Diplopappus diplostephioides Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke Erigeron delavayi (Franch.) Botsch. Erigeron diplostephioides (DC.) Botsch. Erigeron vilmorinii (Franch.) Botsch. Heterochaeta diplostephioides DC. Tibetiodes diplostephioides (DC.) G.L.Nesom |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |