Asteraceae
Western aster
Symphyotrichum ascendens
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Symphyotrichum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Western aster
Synonyms
- Aster armeriifolius Greene
- Aster ascendens var. ascendens
- Aster chilensis subsp. adscendens (Lindl. ex DC.) Cronquist
- Aster chilensis var. euadscendens Cronquist
- Aster denudatus Nutt.
- Aster denudatus var. ciliatifolius Nutt.
- Aster denudatus var. denudatus
- Aster griseus Greene
- Aster lonchophyllus Greene
- Aster macounii Rydb.
- Aster nuttallii Torr. & A.Gray
- Aster nuttallii var. nuttallii
- Aster ramulosus Nutt.
- Aster subgriseus Rydb.
- Virgulaster ascendens (Lindl.) Semple
- Virgulaster ascendens (Lindl.) Semple
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Robb Hannawacker, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.