Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in northern Washington; British Columbia to northern Washington, east across Canada and the northern U.S. to the Atlantic Coast.
Habitat: Moist to dry open forest and meadows.
Flowers: August-September
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Bees, flies, butterflies
Simple or much-branched annual from a taproot, the stem 1-7 dm. tall, glabrous.
Leaves alternate, linear, 3-12 cm. long and 1-9 mm. wide, entire, the lower soon deciduous, with a few, coarse hairs on the margins.
Heads several in a paniculate inflorescence; involucre 5-11 mm. high, its bracts loose, linear, pointed, herbaceous, slightly imbricate; outer pistillate flowers numerous, with tubular-filiform corolla, not ray-like, the style much longer than the corolla; pappus of capillary bristles, soft and copious, longer that the corollas.
Achene
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Symphyotrichum ciliatum in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Symphyotrichum ciliatum checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Symphyotrichum ciliatum information.
E-Flora BC: Symphyotrichum ciliatum atlas page.
CalPhotos: Symphyotrichum ciliatum photos.
USDA Plants: Symphyotrichum ciliatum information.