| Scientific Name: | Aster alpinus |
| Common Name: | alpine aster |
| Family Name: | Asteraceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, Europe, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Fall interest, Perennial border, Rock garden |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Basal, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Oblanceolate, Spatulate |
| Flowers: | Head (capitulum), White, Yellow, Violet, Purple, Pink, Black, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Cypsela (achene + calyx), Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Plants up to 30cm tall; leaves oblanceolate to spatulate, 4-11cm long x 1-2.5cm wide (stem leaves mostly 3-5cm long), pubescent, margins entire; flower heads daisy-like, usually solitary, most 3-5cm wide, yellow disk florets and blue-violet ray florets (may also be pink, violet-lavender, dark purple-black, or white-near white depending on cv.). | |