[Asters: The Genera Canadanthus, Eurybia, Eucephalus, Symphyotrichum in the Cascade Mountain Range of Oregon and Washington]

Alpine Leafybract Aster, Leafy Aster, Leafy Bract Aster

Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. foliaceum

Synonym: Aster foliaceus var. foliaceus, Aster foliaceus var. sublinearis

Flower head of Alpine Leafybract Aster, Leafy Aster, Leafy Bract Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. foliaceum (Synonym: Aster foliaceus var. foliaceus, Aster foliaceus var. sublinearis) - Involucral bracts of Alpine Leafybract Aster, Leafy Aster, Leafy Bract Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. foliaceum (Synonym: Aster foliaceus var. foliaceus, Aster foliaceus var. sublinearis)

Leafybract aster as seen on southwest-facing slopes between Tiffany Lake and Middle Tiffany Mountain, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.......July 28, 2018. This variety typically has one, or occasionally several flower heads per stem, and has broad, leafy involucral bracts as seen here.

Alpine Leafybract Aster, Leafy Aster, Leafy Bract Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. foliaceum (Synonym: Aster foliaceus var. foliaceus, Aster foliaceus var. sublinearis)

A close-up of the flower head of what I believe to be leafybract aster (var. foliaceum) as seen at Dark Meadows, Dark Divide, Gifford Pinchot National Forest..........July 3, 2015. I'm not 100% sure this is the correct variety, and if not, then it should be var. parryi. Note however, the outer involucral bracts that are a bit longer and broader, and thus more leaf like, which is one characteristic of var. foliaceum.
Paul Slichter