Wyoming Rare Plant Field Guide
Aster mollis
- Similar Species: Erigeron spp. have a single row of non-overlapping, uniformly green involucre bracts. A. ascendens, A. foliaceus, and A. occidentalis have glabrous leaf surfaces. Hybrids between A. mollis and these species can be recognized by their sparse pubescence.
- Flowering/Fruiting Period: July-September.
- Distribution: Endemic to the Bighorn Mountains and Hoback Canyon in Wyoming.
- Habitat: Sagebrush grasslands and mountain meadows on deep, calcareous soils at the edge of aspen or pine woodlands. Elev. 6400-8500 ft.
- References: Bighorn National Forest 1992; Fertig 1992 c; Jones 1984; Marriott 1992 a.
