Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California.
Habitat: Coastal, bluffs, grasslands, open slopes, salt marsh margins, and disturbed ground.
Flowers: July-October
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Bees, flies, butterflies
Fibrous-rooted perennial from a rhizome or branched base, the stems 2-10 dm. tall, pubescent at least above.
Lower leaves oblanceolate, petiolate, entire, pubescent, early-deciduous; middle and upper leaves linear to obovate or oval, sessile, entire, usually pubescent, 2-10 cm. long and 2-20 mm. wide.
Heads few to many in an open inflorescence, with a few erect, pointed, linear bracts below the heads; involucre 5-7 mm. high, the bracts imbricate, papery below and green above, the outer rounded, the inner pointed; disk flowers numerous, yellow; ray flowers 15-40, pistillate, blue or pinkish, 7-15 mm. long; pappus of numerous capillary bristles.
Fruit an achene.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Symphyotrichum chilense in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Symphyotrichum chilense checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Symphyotrichum chilense information.
E-Flora BC: Symphyotrichum chilense atlas page.
CalPhotos: Symphyotrichum chilense photos.
USDA Plants: Symphyotrichum chilense information.