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|accepted_name=Ionactis caelestis
|accepted_authority=P. J. Leary & G. L. Nesom
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Brittonia
|place=44: 247. 1992
|year=1992
}}
|common_names=Spring Mountain ankle-aster;aster
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Ionactis;Ionactis caelestis
|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>[[Ionactis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ionactis caelestis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 82
|treatment_page=page 83
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>12–25 cm (with multicipital crowns, not cespitose; taproots thick, woody). <b>Stems</b> strongly woody proximally, glandular. <b>Leaves</b>: proximal and mid separated by evident internodes; blades oblong-ovate, 4–6 mm, distal much reduced, margins green, faces hispidulous, sessile- to stipitate-glandular. <b>Heads</b> borne singly or in loose, corymbiform arrays. <b>Involucres</b> 6.5–7 mm. <b>Disc</b> florets functionally staminate (with sterile ovaries); corollas 4–4.5 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> 2.5–2.8 mm, faces eglandular. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Crevices of sparsely vegetated sandstone, areas of Pinus monophylla, Pinus ponderosa and Arctostaphylos pungens
|elevation=2000–2100 m
|distribution=Nev.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p><i>Ionactis caelestis</i> is known from a single population in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area of the Spring Mountains, Clark County.</p>
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name=Ionactis caelestis
|authority=P. J. Leary & G. L. Nesom
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Crevices of sparsely vegetated sandstone, areas of Pinus monophylla, Pinus ponderosa and Arctostaphylos pungens
|elevation=2000–2100 m
|distribution=Nev.
|reference=None
|publication title=Brittonia
|publication year=1992
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Ionactis
|species=Ionactis caelestis
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