Leafybract Aster

Wildflowers Found in Oregon

Leafybract Aster

Aster foliaceus - Erect, highly variable in height. Stems often reddish, hairy to hairless. Basal leaves 2-5 in. long, egg-shaped, on short petioles; stem leaves sessile. Flower heads single or few in open cyme with leaf-like, oblong to egg-shaped bracts, Ray flowers violet, purple, blue, or rose; disk yellow. Grows in open woods, subalpine meadows, along streams, at high elevations.

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