Common Name: Western Mountain Aster

One of three recognized varieties.

Note less than 10 flower heads. Linear pointed hairless leaves. Basal leaves slightly larger than stem leaves. Grows in damp meadows at mid-high elevations in eastern WA. Variable species which hybridizes.

east North Cascades, east Central Cascades
TRAIL: Slate Peak Rd.; Lake Ingalls
HABITAT: Subalpine/alpine meadow (wet)
ELEVATION: 1,230 m (4,030 ft.)
BLOOM TIME: 13-SEP