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Aster scopulorum

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Woody based and almost subshrubby, tufted to hummock-forming, 10-15cm tall. Leaves spathulate to narrowly linear, 5-15mm long, grey-green. Flowerheads solitary, 2-3.5cm across, rays blue to deep violet. Northwestern U.S.A., above 1000m on dry rocky slopes, among sagebrush scrub and light pine-juniper woodland.