| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Ionactis linariifolia (L.) Greene trib. Astereae |
| Bibliography | Pittonia 3: 245 (1897) |
| Native Range | e. Canada to c. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 5-900m |
| Description | stem leaves equal, linear to narrowly oblong, 1-4cm, green, glabrous, eglandular, capitula in lax corymb or solitary, involucre 6-9mm wide |
| Size | 10-50cm |
| Color | lavender-blue |
| Bloom | late summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 cuttings in spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Aster fragilis Jacq. ex Steud. Aster linariifolius L. Aster linariifolius f. lateralis House Aster linariifolius f. leucastis Benke Aster linariifolius f. monocephalus House Aster linariifolius var. victorinii Fernald Aster pulcherrimus G.Lodd. Aster rigidus L. Aster squarrosus Banks ex Steud. Chrysopsis linariifolia (L.) DC. Diplopappus linariifolius (L.) Lindl. Diplopappus rigidus (L.) Lindl. Diplostephium linariifolium (L.) Nees Diplostephium rigidum (Pursh) Sweet |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 72 Eastern Canada (NBR New Brunswick, QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, KAN Kansas, MSO Missouri, OKL Oklahoma, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (TEX Texas) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, ARK Arkansas, DEL Delaware, FLA Florida, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, LOU Louisiana, MRY Maryland, MSI Mississippi, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |