Mt. Rainier

Mt. Rainier Flora -- Canadanthus modestus -- (Tall northern aster)

presented by Susan McDougall


Canadanthus modestus

Tall with purple flowers borne in a flat-topped cluster, this is a showy aster of moist meadows from low elevations to the subalpine.

Author: Susan McDougall
Longmire Meadow, Mount Rainier National Park
GPS: 46.7504, -121.8153
Date: August 2, 2014
Canadanthus modestus

The leaves are toothed and without stalks; the branches are leafy.

Author: Susan McDougall
Longmire Meadow, Mount Rainier National Park
GPS: 46.7504, -121.8153
Date: August 2, 2014

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