| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Symphyotrichum parryi (D.C.Eaton) P.M.Sl. trib. Astereae |
| Bibliography | h.l., comb. nov. |
| Native Range | w. Canada to w. USA and New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 1400-3200m |
| Description | basal leaves petiolate, broadly elliptic to obovate, entire, stem leaves smaller, similar, capitula 1-12 in panicle, phyllaries green, oblanceolate to linear, acute |
| Size | 10-40cm |
| Color | violet, purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in spring; cuttings in spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Aster ascendens var. parryi D.C.Eaton, Botany [Fortieth Parallel] 139 (1871) Aster diabolicus Piper Aster foliaceus var. frondeus A.Gray Aster foliaceus ssp. frondeus (A.Gray) Piper Aster foliaceus var. parryi (D.C.Eaton) A.Gray Aster frondeus Greene Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi (D.C.Eaton) G.L.Nesom |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |