Parent species: Machaeranthera canescens
Plant Communities: Chaparral Yellow Pine Forest Red Fir Forest Sagebrush Scrub Northern Juniper Woodland Subalpine Forest Bristle-cone Pine Forest wetland-riparian
Synonyms: Aster inornatus Machaeranthera shastensis var. shastensis
Counties: Alpine Butte Colusa El Dorado Inyo Lake Lassen Mendocino Mono Modoc Nevada Placer Plumas Shasta Siskiyou Tehama Trinity Ventura