Aster foliaceus Lindley ex de Candolle var. canbyi A. Gray in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 193. 1884; A. foliaceus var. burkei A. Gray

Plants 30–60 cm. Cauline leaf bases often clasping. Heads usually 5–15. Phyllaries green, broadly oblanceolate (outer) to lanceolate or linear (inner), unequal, outer exceeding inner and wider, often foliaceous, apices obtuse to rounded, inner narrowly ovate, apices acute to obtuse. 2n = 16.

Flowering Jun–Aug. Montane meadows, open slopes and woods; 1400–3000 m; Ariz., Idaho, Mont., Nev., N.Mex., Wash., Wyo.