Purple-Eye Himalayan Aster is a dwarf pernnial herb,
distinguished by creeping stems with short, almost leafless, flowers
stems carrying single lilac flower-heads 1.3-4 cm across. It is named
for Lt. Richard Strachey, 19th century official with the Indian Civil
Service and plant collector in Tibet. Ray-florets are numerous, short
slender, often recurved. Bracts below the flowers are
narrow-lanceshaped, long-pointed. Leaves are obovate-spoonshaped,
toothed, mostly basal, 2-5 cm. Flowering stems are usually 4-10 cm
long. Plants often have long leafy runners up to 20 cm long. Fruit is
silky-haired, pappus reddish. Purple-Eye Himalayan Aster is found in the
Himalayas, from Himachal Pradesh to Bhutan and NE India, at altitudes
of 3600-4500 m. Flowering: July-September.
Identification credit: Tabish
Photographed in Arunachal Pradesh.
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