Ionactis stenomeres |
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Rocky Mountain ankle-aster, Rocky Mountain aster, Rocky Mountain ionactis |
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Habit | Plants 12–30 cm (sometimes weakly cespitose, caudices multicipital or with relatively short branches; rhizomes fibrous-rooted, thickened, becoming woody). |
Stems | proximally herbaceous or slightly woody, eglandular. |
Leaves | proximal separated by evident internodes, spatulate, reduced in size distally; mid and distal linear-lanceolate, 15–25(–30) mm, margins green, faces hispidulous. |
Involucres | 8–13 mm. |
Disc florets | bisexual, fertile; corollas 7.5–8.5 mm. |
Heads | borne singly. |
Cypselae | 5–6 mm, faces sessile- to stipitate-glandular. |
Ionactis stenomeres |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Sep. |
Habitat | Dry slopes, grassy ridges, and openings |
Elevation | 1700–2200 m (5600–7200 ft) |
Distribution |
ID; MT; WA; BC
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 84. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Ionactis |
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Synonyms | Aster stenomeres |
Name authority | (A. Gray) Greene: Pittonia 3: 246. (1897) |
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