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The Wild Flowers of Semiarid plateau & Alpine Region

Sellera chamaejasme

Perennial herb or subshrub. 20 to 50cm tall. Linear lanceolate or ellipic leaf. Terminal capitulum, multiflorous, flower diameter: 2.5 to 5.3 cm, calyx: purple outside, white inside. Flowering: June to Aug.
Drought and poorness tolerant. Distributed in a large area from south to east Tibet, on grassy slopes and stony alluvial fans at 3500 to 4600 m. Also in India and north Asia.