Calflora Taxon Report
Aster scopulorum  A. Gray

(not an active name)
Lava aster
photo on CalPhotos
Gerald and Buff Corsi2007 California Academy of Sciences
Aster scopulorum is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
also called Ionactis alpina
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
Genus: Aster
Family: Asteraceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot
Communities: Sagebrush Scrub, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
Name Status:
Alternate Names:
JEF + PLANTSIonactis alpina
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Suggested Citation
“Calflora - Taxon Report.” The Calflora Database, a non-profit organization. .

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