Index / Search / Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum

§1 Plant

Symphyotrichum spathulatum (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom var. spathulatum

vernacular western mountain aster — variety · Asteraceae


USDA
SYSPS
GBIF
4273827
Rank
variety
western mountain aster (Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum)
Platephotograph · Todd RamsdenCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Symphyotrichum
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 99 counties across 7 states/territories
Legend Native · 99 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 99 counties across 7 states/territories.

Colorado view state ↗ 14 N
Idaho view state ↗ 23 N
Montana view state ↗ 13 N
Nevada view state ↗ 10 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 4 N
Utah view state ↗ 23 N
Wyoming view state ↗ 12 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/SYSPS ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/4273827 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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