this is a short but powerful wildflower. I'm leaning toward Aster but most asters are a lot taller. I'm just thinking they had a late runoff so maybe that's why it's a bit stunted. And you wonder why it's so hard to pick the right one. This genus alone has 26 choices: https://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/specie ... hyotrichum and http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/Bl ... richum.htm