Eurybia merita, commonly known as the subalpine aster or arctic aster (not to be confused with Eurybia sibirica, which shares the latter common name), is an herbaceous perennial native to northwestern North America, primarily from the Interior Mountains and Plateau system and Rocky Mountains in Canada, stretching south to Utah and extreme northern California.

Eurybia merita is present in much of northwestern North America.

There are also a few isolated populations in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

The primary distribution is from Alberta and British Columbia in Canada, south as far as northern Utah and to Siskiyou County, California.

Within these habitats, it is most commonly associated with subalpine meadows and Douglas fir, lodgepole pine or spruce forests.