IMAGES OF Symphyotrichum foliaceum -- (alpine leafybract aster)

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Symphyotrichum foliaceum
Author: Tom Headley
Elk Meadows, Mt. Hood, OR
GPS: 45.33634, -121.62452
Date: 2014:09:02 14:32:18
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Symphyotrichum foliaceum

Notice the bracts on the immature flowers and on the flower with wilted petals.

Author: Tom Headley
Elk Meadows, Mt. Hood, OR
GPS: 45.33634, -121.62452
Date: 2014:09:02 14:32:28
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Symphyotrichum foliaceum
Author: Steve Sullivan
Elk Meadows, Mt. Hood, OR
GPS: 45.33634, -121.62452
Date: 2014:09:02 14:33:12
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Symphyotrichum foliaceum

Notice the bracts on the immature flower.

Author: Steve Sullivan
Elk Meadows, Mt. Hood, OR
GPS: 45.33634, -121.62452
Date: 2014:09:02 14:33:17
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Symphyotrichum foliaceum

The key to identification is in this photo. Notice the bracts just below the flower head. They can be observed at three places in this photo. These bracts have the same form as the small leaves that appear below them as you look down the stem. Hence the common name of leafybract aster.

Author: Steve Sullivan
Elk Meadows, Mt. Hood, OR
GPS: 45.33634, -121.62452
Date: 2014:09:02 14:33:22
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Symphyotrichum foliaceum
Author: Tom Headley
Elk Meadows, Mt. Hood, OR
GPS: 45.33642, -121.62437
Date: 2014:09:02 14:34:12
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Symphyotrichum foliaceum
Author: Steve Sullivan
Elk Meadows, Mt. Hood, OR
GPS: 45.33641, -121.62525
Date: 2014:09:02 14:50:28
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