Ionactis alpina

Ionactis alpina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ionactis
Species:
I. alpina
Binomial name
Ionactis alpina
(Nutt.) Greene 1897
Synonyms[1]
  • Aster scopulorum A.Gray 1880
  • Chrysopsis alpina Nutt. 1834 not Aster alpinus L. 1753
  • Diplopappus alpinus (Nutt.) Nutt.
  • Leucelene alpina (Nutt.) Greene

Ionactis alpina (formerly Aster scopulorum; common name lava ankle-aster) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name lava aster. It is native to western United States from California to Montana,[2] where it grows in dry areas.[3]

  1. ^ The Plant List, Ionactis alpina (Nutt.) Greene
  2. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. ^ University of Waterloo (Canada), Astereae Lab, Ionactis alpina Lava Ankle-aster