[The Sunflower Family in Denali National Park and Preserve]

Arctic Aster, Siberian Aster

Eurybia sibirica

Synonyms: Aster beringensis, Aster giganteus, Aster montanus, Aster montanus var. giganteus, Aster richardsonii, Aster richardsonii var. giganteus, Aster sibiricus, Aster sibiricus ssp. richardsonii, Aster sibiricus var. giganteus, Eurybia sibirica var. gigantea

Arctic Aster, Siberican Aster: Eurybia sibirica (Synonyms: Aster beringensis, Aster giganteus, Aster montanus, Aster montanus var. giganteus, Aster richardsonii, Aster richardsonii var. giganteus, Aster sibiricus, Aster sibiricus ssp. richardsonii, Aster sibiricus var. giganteus, Eurybia sibirica var. gigantea)

Siberian aster as seen at Camp Denali...................August 25, 2006.

Arctic Aster, Siberican Aster: Eurybia sibirica (Synonyms: Aster beringensis, Aster giganteus, Aster montanus, Aster montanus var. giganteus, Aster richardsonii, Aster richardsonii var. giganteus, Aster sibiricus, Aster sibiricus ssp. richardsonii, Aster sibiricus var. giganteus, Eurybia sibirica var. gigantea)

Siberian aster as seen at Camp Denali...................August 25, 2006. Note the toothed leaf edges.

Arctic Aster, Siberican Aster: Eurybia sibirica (Synonyms: Aster beringensis, Aster giganteus, Aster montanus, Aster montanus var. giganteus, Aster richardsonii, Aster richardsonii var. giganteus, Aster sibiricus, Aster sibiricus ssp. richardsonii, Aster sibiricus var. giganteus, Eurybia sibirica var. gigantea)

A close-up of a flower head of siberian aster as seen along upper Moose Creek adjacent to Mt. Galen, Denali National Park and Preserve.......................September 7, 2009.

Stem leaf of Arctic Aster, Siberican Aster: Eurybia sibirica (Synonyms: Aster beringensis, Aster giganteus, Aster montanus, Aster montanus var. giganteus, Aster richardsonii, Aster richardsonii var. giganteus, Aster sibiricus, Aster sibiricus ssp. richardsonii, Aster sibiricus var. giganteus, Eurybia sibirica var. gigantea) - Lower stem leaf of Arctic Aster, Siberican Aster: Eurybia sibirica (Synonyms: Aster beringensis, Aster giganteus, Aster montanus, Aster montanus var. giganteus, Aster richardsonii, Aster richardsonii var. giganteus, Aster sibiricus, Aster sibiricus ssp. richardsonii, Aster sibiricus var. giganteus, Eurybia sibirica var. gigantea)

Two examples of stem leaves of siberian aster as seen along upper Moose Creek adjacent to Mt. Galen, Denali National Park and Preserve.......................September 7, 2009.

Arctic Aster, Siberican Aster: Eurybia sibirica (Synonyms: Aster beringensis, Aster giganteus, Aster montanus, Aster montanus var. giganteus, Aster richardsonii, Aster richardsonii var. giganteus, Aster sibiricus, Aster sibiricus ssp. richardsonii, Aster sibiricus var. giganteus, Eurybia sibirica var. gigantea)

Siberian aster as seen from a bank above the park road at Grassy Pass, Denali National Park and Preserve...............June 27, 2002.

Arctic Aster, Siberican Aster: Eurybia sibirica (Synonyms: Aster beringensis, Aster giganteus, Aster montanus, Aster montanus var. giganteus, Aster richardsonii, Aster richardsonii var. giganteus, Aster sibiricus, Aster sibiricus ssp. richardsonii, Aster sibiricus var. giganteus, Eurybia sibirica var. gigantea)

Leaves and unopened inflorescence of siberian aster from bank above the park road at Grassy Pass, Denali National Park and Preserve...............June 27, 2002.
Paul Slichter