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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Ionactinae
  8. Ankle-aster

genus

Ankle-aster

Ionactis

Traits
Includes
4 native 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Flax-leaved Aster native
  • Lava Aster native
  • Creeping Stiff-leaved Aster native
  • Rocky Mountain Aster
  • Spring Mountain Aster native
  • Sierra Blanca Least-Daisy

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native ankle-aster All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Flax-leaved Aster Ionactis linariifolia flowers 39
  • Lava Aster Ionactis alpina
  • Creeping Stiff-leaved Aster Ionactis repens
  • Spring Mountain Aster Ionactis caelestis

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