Family: Asteraceae
Parry's aster
[Aster adscendens var. parryi D.C.Eaton in S.Watson, more...]
Plants usually 20-30 cm. Cauline leaf bases cuneate. Heads 1-12. Phyllaries green, oblanceolate or oblong (outer) to linear (inner), subequal, outer scarcely foliaceous, apices acute. 2n = 16, 32, 64.
Flowering Jun-Sep. Openings in montane woods, middle to high elevation grasslands, alpine meadows; 1400-3200 m; Alta., B.C.; Calif., Mont., Nev., N.Mex., Oreg., Utah, Wash.
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