Eurybia merita, commonly known as the subalpine aster or arctic aster (not to be confused with Eurybia sibirica, which shares the latter common name), is an herbaceous perennial native to northwestern North America, primarily from the Interior Mountains and Plateau system and Rocky Mountains in Canada, stretching south to Utah and extreme northern California. It is found largely in drier, open areas, generally at subalpine levels in mountains, though in more northern areas it is more common at lower elevations. It is similar in appearance to Eurybia sibirica, but their ranges only overlap near the border between the US and Canada, where E.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Subalpine aster being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Eurybia conspicua
- Doellingeria engelmannii
- Eurybia radulina
- Doellingeria ledophylla
- Symphyotrichum foliaceum
- Eurybia sibirica
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Eurybia
- Species
- Eurybia merita
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