Nesom
Pronunciation: AS-ter as-SEN-dens
Common name: Long-leaved aster
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Meadows to 7500', mostly montane coniferous
forest, San Jacinto to San Gabriel Mts north
Blooming period: July to October
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Symphyotrichum
2) ascendens
Formerly Aster ascendens