| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Ionactis alpina (Nutt.) Greene trib. Astereae |
| Bibliography | Pittonia 3: 245 (1897) |
| Native Range | w. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 1300-3300m |
| Description | leaves rigid, crowded, scabrous-strigose, sessile, uninerved, 5-15mm long, shortly acute, capitula solitary, crateriform, disc 7-13mm across, ligules 6-8, 6-15mm long |
| Size | 5-12cm |
| Color | blue, violet |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy 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 scopulorum A.Gray Chrysopsis alpina Nutt. Diplopappus alpinus (Nutt.) Nutt. Leucelene alpina (Nutt.) Greene |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |