Wandering Daisy, Erigeron peregrinus

This was a fair sized wildflower, seen on the Pocaterra Cirque trail off Highway 40 and on the opposite side of the highway from Ptarmigan Cirque, Kananaskis, on 25th July. I think this was the first time I had seen this plant.

"Erigeron peregrinus is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names subalpine fleabane and wandering daisy.

This wildflower is native to western North America from California to Colorado to Alaska, where it grows in mountain meadows and talus. It is a perennial daisy reaching anywhere from 10 to over 40 centimeters in height. It has hairless to hairy leaves reaching up to 20 centimeters long at the base of the branching stem. The inflorescence has many glandular hairs and one to four flower heads, each one to two centimeters wide. The head has a center of golden yellow disc florets and a fringe of up to 100 ray florets in shades of purple or white." From Wikipedia.