Xylorhiza
For the genus of beetles, see Xylorhiza (beetles).
woodyasters | |
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Xylorhiza tortifolia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Tribe: | Astereae[1] |
Genus: | Xylorhiza Nutt. |
Synonyms[1] | |
Machaeranthera sect. Xylorhiza (Nutt.) Cronquist & D.D. Keck |
Xylorhiza is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, are known as woodyasters.[2][3] These are daisylike wildflowers usually having blue to purple or white ray flowers with yellow centers of disc florets. Woodyasters are native to western North America.[4]
- Xylorhiza cognata - Mecca woodyaster - California (Imperial + Riverside Counties)
- Xylorhiza confertifolia - Henrieville woodyaster - Utah (Kane, Wayne, + Garfield Counties)
- Xylorhiza cronquistii - Cronquist's woodyaster - Utah (Kane + Garfield Counties)
- Xylorhiza frutescens - Baja California
- Xylorhiza glabriuscula - smooth woodyaster - Wyoming, Utah (Daggett County), Colorado (Routt + Moffat Counties), Montana (Carbon County), South Dakota (Harding, Butte, Fall River Counties)
- Xylorhiza orcuttii - Orcutt's aster - California (Imperial + San Diego Counties)
- Xylorhiza tortifolia - Mojave woodyaster - California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona
- Xylorhiza venusta - charming woodyaster - Utah, Colorado, New Mexico (Colfax County)
- Xylorhiza wrightii - Big Bend woodyaster - western Texas, Chihuahua
References
External links
- USDA Plants Profile fro Xylorhiza (woodyasters)
- Calflfora Database: Xylorhiza species in California — images + info links.
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Xylorhiza
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