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|accepted_name=Symphyotrichum foliaceum
|accepted_authority=(Lindley ex de Candolle) G. L. Nesom
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Phytologia
|place=77: 282. 1995
|year=1995
}}
|common_names=Leafy or leafy-bracted or alpine leafybract aster
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Aster foliaceus
|authority=Lindley ex de Candolle
|rank=species
|publication_title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|publication_place=5: 228. 1836
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Symphyotrichum;Symphyotrichum subg. Symphyotrichum;Symphyotrichum sect. Occidentales;Symphyotrichum foliaceum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Astereae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Symphyotrichum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Symphyotrichum subg. Symphyotrichum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Symphyotrichum sect. Occidentales]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Symphyotrichum foliaceum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 476, 533, 534, 537
|treatment_page=page 532
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials </b>10–60 cm, colonial; long-rhizomatous. <b>Stems</b> 1–5+, ascending to erect, glabrous or sparsely puberulent. <b>Leaves</b> thin, margins entire or sometimes serrate, apices acute to obtuse, faces usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely hairy; basal usually persistent, petiolate to subpetiolate, blades broadly elliptic to obovate, 30–200 × 8–25(–30) mm, bases attenuate, margins entire or sometimes serrate, apices acute to obtuse; proximal cauline sessile or subpetiolate, blades elliptic to obovate, 35–120 × 8–25 mm, bases attenuate or cuneate to rounded, sometimes ± clasping, apices acute; distal sessile, reduced distally, bases cuneate, apices acute. <b>Heads</b> borne singly or in paniculiform arrays, branches ascending, up to 25 cm. <b>Peduncles</b> sparsely hairy, bracts 0–3, lanceolate. <b>Involucres</b> campanulate, 6–16(–20) mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in 4–6 series, oblanceolate or oblong (outer) to lanceolate or linear (inner), subequal or unequal (outer exceeding inner), bases outer foliaceous, inner indurate, margins entire, green zones elliptic to lanceolate, apices acute to rounded, faces glabrous or puberulent. <b>Ray</b> florets 15–60; corollas violet to purple, laminae 8–18(–20) × 1–2 mm. <b>Disc</b> florets 50–150; corollas yellow, 4–7 mm, lobes triangular, 0.4–1 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> brown, cylindric to obovoid, not compressed, 2.5–4 mm, 3–4-nerved, faces hairy; pappi white to tawny, 5–8 mm.</span><!--

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|distribution=w North America.
|discussion=<p>Varieties 4 (4 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Symphyotrichum foliaceum</i> is extremely variable and is widespread in western montane coniferous forests and subalpine meadows.</p>
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==Key==
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|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Plants 5–30 cm; heads 1–12; phyllaries subequal, narrowly lanceolate
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Plants usually 20–60 cm; heads usually 5–20; outer phyllaries exceeding inner, wider, often foliaceous
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Plants 5–20 cm; heads usually borne singly; phyllaries often purple-tinged; alpine or sub- alpine habitats
|[[Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. apricum|Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. apricum]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Plants 10–30 cm; heads usually 1–12; phyllaries green; montane to subalpine habitats.
|[[Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi|Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Phyllaries obtuse to rounded; cauline leaves often clasping at base
|[[Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. canbyi|Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. canbyi]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Phyllaries acute; cauline leaves sometimes rounded at base, not clasping
|[[Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. foliaceum|Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. foliaceum]]
|}
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name=Symphyotrichum foliaceum
|authority=(Lindley ex de Candolle) G. L. Nesom
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Aster foliaceus
|family=Asteraceae
|distribution=w North America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Phytologia
|publication year=1995
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Symphyotrichum
|subgenus=Symphyotrichum subg. Symphyotrichum
|section=Symphyotrichum sect. Occidentales
|species=Symphyotrichum foliaceum
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