Aster labrangensis Handel-Mazzetti, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 621. 1937; A. kawaguchii Kitamura.

Stems 2-5 branched. Leaf margin serrulate or entire, villous, lower and middle cauline leaves 5-10 × 1.5-2.8 cm, densely villous, glandular, base truncate or cordate. Capitula 4-6 cm in diam. Involucre 1.5-2 cm in diam.; phyllaries linear-lanceolate, 10-13 × 1-2 mm, villous, glandular. Ray floret lamina 20-25 × 1-1.5 mm. 2n = 18*.

● Alpine and subalpine open slopes and grasslands; 3600-4300 m. S Gansu, E and S Qinghai, W Sichuan, E and S Xizang.