List of Asterales of Montana
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Yellow starthistle
There are at least 445 members of the aster and sunflower order, Asterales, found in Montana.[1] Some of these species are exotics (not native to Montana)[2] and some species have been designated as Species of Concern.[3]
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Black sagebrush
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Black-eyed Susan
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Common yarrow
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Twin arnica
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Great blanket-flower
- Achillea millefolium, common yarrow
- Achillea nobilis, noble yarrow
- Achillea ptarmica, sneezeweed
- Acroptilon repens, Russian knapweed
- Adenocaulon bicolor, American trailplant
- Ageratina occidentalis, western boneset
- Agoseris aurantiaca, orange agoseris
- Agoseris glauca, pale agoseris
- , pale agoseris
- , pale agoseris
- Agoseris grandiflora, large-flower agoseris
- Agoseris heterophylla, annual agoseris
- Agoseris lackschewitzii, pink agoseris
- Agoseris parviflora, steppe agoseris
- Almutaster pauciflorus, alkali marsh aster
- Ambrosia acanthicarpa, flat-spine bursage
- Ambrosia artemisiifolia, annual ragweed
- Ambrosia psilostachya, naked-spike ambrosia
- Ambrosia tomentosa, skeleton-leaf bursage
- Ambrosia trifida, great ragweed
- Anaphalis margaritacea, pearly everlasting
- Antennaria alpina, alpine pussytoes
- Antennaria anaphaloides, tall pussytoes
- Antennaria aromatica, aromatic pussytoes
- Antennaria corymbosa, meadow pussytoes
- Antennaria densifolia, dense-leaved pussytoes
- Antennaria dimorpha, low pussytoes
- Antennaria howellii, Howell's pussytoes
- Antennaria lanata, woolly pussytoes
- Antennaria luzuloides, rush pussytoes
- Antennaria media, rocky mountain pussytoes
- Antennaria microphylla, littleleaf pussytoes
- Antennaria monocephala, single-head pussytoes
- Antennaria neglecta, field pussytoes
- Antennaria parvifolia, Nuttall's pussytoes
- Antennaria pulcherrima, showy pussytoes
- Antennaria racemosa, racemose pussytoes
- Antennaria rosea, rosy pussytoes
- Antennaria umbrinella, umber pussytoes
- Anthemis arvensis, corn camomile
- Anthemis cotula, mayweed
- Anthemis tinctoria, golden camomile
- Arctium lappa, greater burdock
- Arctium minus, lesser burdock
- Arnica amplexicaulis, stream-bank arnica
- Arnica angustifolia, narrowleaf arnica
- Arnica chamissonis, leafy arnica
- Arnica cordifolia, heart-leaved arnica
- Arnica fulgens, hillside arnica
- Arnica latifolia, mountain arnica
- , smallhead arnica
- Arnica longifolia, long-leaf arnica
- Arnica mollis, hairy arnica
- Arnica parryi, nodding arnica
- Arnica rydbergii, subalpine arnica
- Arnica sororia, twin arnica
- , rayless arnica
- Artemisia absinthium, common wormwood
- Artemisia annua, annual wormwood
- Artemisia arbuscula, dwarf sagebrush
- Artemisia biennis, biennial wormwood
- Artemisia campestris, field sagewort
- , boreal field sagewort
- , field sagewort
- Artemisia cana, silver sagebrush
- Artemisia cana subsp. cana, silver sagebrush
- Artemisia cana subsp. viscidula, silver sagebrush
- Artemisia dracunculus, tarragon
- Artemisia frigida, fringed sage
- Artemisia lindleyana, Columbia River wormwood
- Artemisia longifolia, longleaf wormwood
- Artemisia longiloba, alkali sagebrush
- Artemisia ludoviciana, white sagebrush
- , white sagebrush
- , white sagebrush
- , white sagebrush
- Artemisia michauxiana, Michaux's wormwood
- Artemisia norvegica, boreal wormwood
- Artemisia nova, black sagebrush
- Artemisia pedatifida, bird's-foot sagebrush
- Artemisia rigida, scabland sagebrush
- , alpine sagebrush
- Artemisia spinescens, budsage
- Artemisia tilesii, Tilesius wormwood
- Artemisia tridentata, big sagebrush
- , basin big sagebrush
- , mountain big sagebrush
- , Wyoming big sagebrush
- Artemisia tripartita, three-tip sagebrush
- , Wyoming threetip sagebrush
- , threetip sagebrush
- Balsamorhiza hookeri, Hooker's balsamroot
- Balsamorhiza incana, hoary balsamroot
- Balsamorhiza macrophylla, large-leaved balsamroot
- Balsamorhiza sagittata, arrowleaf balsamroot
- Bellis perennis, lawn daisy
- Bidens beckii, beck water-marigold
- Bidens cernua, nodding beggarticks
- Bidens comosa, three-lobe beggarticks
- Bidens frondosa, devil's beggarticks
- Bidens vulgata, tall bur-marigold
- Brickellia eupatorioides, thoroughwort brickellbush
- Brickellia grandiflora, tasselflower brickellbush
- Brickellia oblongifolia, mojave brickellbush
- Canadanthus modestus, great northern aster
- Carduus acanthoides, spiny plumeless-thistle
- Carduus nutans, musk thistle
- Centaurea cyanus, garden cornflower
- Centaurea diffusa, diffuse knapweed
- Centaurea jacea, brown starthistle
- Centaurea montana, mountain starthistle
- Centaurea nigra, black starthistle
- Centaurea scabiosa, great starthistle
- Centaurea solstitialis, yellow starthistle
- Centaurea stoebe, spotted knapweed
- Centaurea virgata, squarrose knapweed
- , hoary pincushion
- Chaenactis douglasii, dusty maiden
- Chondrilla juncea, rush skeletonweed
- Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus, sticky-leaf rabbitbrush
- Cichorium intybus, chicory
- Cirsium arvense, Canada thistle
- Cirsium brevistylum, short-styled thistle
- Cirsium canescens, prairie thistle
- Cirsium canovirens, gray green thistle
- Cirsium eatonii, Eaton's thistle
- Cirsium flodmanii, Flodman's thistle
- Cirsium foliosum, leafy thistle
- Cirsium hookerianum, hooker thistle
- Cirsium longistylum, long-styled thistle
- Cirsium pulcherrimum, Wyoming thistle
- Cirsium scariosum, meadow thistle
- , Jackson Hole thistle
- Cirsium undulatum, wavyleaf thistle
- Cirsium vulgare, bull thistle
- Conyza canadensis, Canada horseweed
- Coreopsis tinctoria, golden tickseed
- Crepis acuminata, longleaf hawk's-beard
- Crepis atribarba, slender hawksbeard
- Crepis elegans, elegant hawk's-beard
- Crepis intermedia, small-flower hawk's-beard
- Crepis modocensis, siskiyou hawk's-beard
- Crepis nana, dwarf alpine hawk's-beard
- Crepis nicaeensis, Turkish hawksbeard
- Crepis occidentalis, gray hawk's-beard
- Crepis runcinata, naked-stem hawk's-beard
- , fiddleleaf hawksbeard
- , fiddleleaf hawksbeard
- , fiddleleaf hawksbeard
- Crepis setosa, bristly hawk's-beard
- Crepis tectorum, narrowleaf hawk's-beard
- Dyssodia papposa, fetid dogweed
- Echinacea angustifolia, narrow-leaved purple coneflower
- Ericameria discoidea, whitestem goldenbush
- , whitestem goldenbush
- , linear-leaved whitestem goldenbush
- Ericameria nana, dwarf goldenweed
- Ericameria nauseosa, rubber rabbitbrush
- Ericameria parryi, Parry's rabbitbrush
- , Parry's mountain rabbitbrush
- Ericameria suffruticosa, single-head goldenweed
- Erigeron acris, bitter fleabane
- , bitter fleabane
- , bitter fleabane
- Erigeron allocotus, Bighorn fleabane
- Erigeron asperugineus, Idaho fleabane
- Erigeron caespitosus, caespitose fleabane
- Erigeron compositus, cutleaf fleabane
- Erigeron corymbosus, longleaf fleabane
- Erigeron coulteri, Coulter fleabane
- Erigeron divergens, spreading fleabane
- Erigeron eatonii, Eaton's fleabane
- Erigeron evermannii, Evermann fleabane
- Erigeron filifolius, threadleaf fleabane
- Erigeron flabellifolius, fan-leaved fleabane
- Erigeron flagellaris, running fleabane
- Erigeron formosissimus, beautiful fleabane
- Erigeron glabellus, smooth fleabane
- , streamside fleabane
- , streamside fleabane
- Erigeron gracilis, slender fleabane
- Erigeron grandiflorus, large-flower fleabane
- Erigeron humilis, low fleabane
- Erigeron lackschewitzii, Lackschewitz' fleabane
- Erigeron lanatus, woolly fleabane
- Erigeron leiomerus, smooth fleabane
- Erigeron linearis, linear-leaf fleabane
- Erigeron lonchophyllus, short-ray fleabane
- Erigeron ochroleucus, buff fleabane
- , buff fleabane
- , buff fleabane
- Erigeron parryi, Parry's fleabane
- Erigeron peregrinus, subalpine fleabane
- Erigeron philadelphicus, Philadelphia fleabane
- Erigeron pumilus, shaggy fleabane
- Erigeron radicatus, taprooted fleabane
- Erigeron rydbergii, Rydberg's fleabane
- Erigeron simplex, one-stem fleabane
- Erigeron speciosus, aspen fleabane
- Erigeron strigosus, daisy fleabane
- Erigeron subtrinervis, three-nerve fleabane
- Erigeron tener, slender fleabane
- Erigeron tweedyi, tweedy's fleabane
- Erigeron ursinus, bear river fleabane
- Eriophyllum lanatum, common woolly-sunflower
- , common woolly sunflower
- , common woolly-sunflower
- Eucephalus elegans, elegant aster
- Eucephalus engelmannii, Engelmann's aster
- Eupatorium maculatum, spotted joepye-weed
- Eupatorium occidentale, western joepye-weed
- Eurybia conspicua, showy aster
- Eurybia glauca, gray aster
- Eurybia integrifolia, thick-stem aster
- Eurybia merita, subalpine aster
- Eurybia sibirica, arctic aster
- Euthamia graminifolia, flat-top fragrant goldenrod
- Euthamia occidentalis, western fragrant goldenrod
- Evax prolifera, big-head evax
- Filago arvensis, field fluffweed
- Gaillardia aristata, great blanket-flower
- Galinsoga quadriradiata, fringed quickweed
- , Macoun's cudweed
- , white cudweed
- Gnaphalium palustre, western marsh cudweed
- Gnaphalium purpureum, purple cudweed
- , cotton-batting cudweed
- Gnaphalium uliginosum, low cudweed
- Grindelia howellii, Howell's gumweed
- Grindelia nana, Idaho gumweed
- Grindelia squarrosa, curlycup gumweed
- Gutierrezia sarothrae, broom snakeweed
- Helenium autumnale, common sneezeweed
- Helenium hoopesii, orange sneezeweed
- Helianthella quinquenervis, nodding rockrose
- Helianthella uniflora, Rocky Mountain rockrose
- Helianthus annuus, common sunflower
- Helianthus maximiliani, Maximillian sunflower
- Helianthus nuttallii, Nuttall's sunflower
- Helianthus pauciflorus, stiff sunflower
- Helianthus petiolaris, prairie sunflower
- Helianthus × laetiflorus, hybrid prairie sunflower
- Heterotheca villosa, hairy golden-aster
- , low golden aster
- , hairy false goldenaster
- , hairy false goldenaster
- , hairy false goldenaster
- Hieracium albiflorum, white-flower hawkweed
- Hieracium aurantiacum, orange hawkweed
- Hieracium caespitosum, meadow hawkweed
- Hieracium gracile, alpine hawkweed
- , kingdevil
- Hieracium scouleri, Scouler's hawkweed
- , Albert's hawkweed
- , hound's-tongue hawkweed
- , Scouler's hawkweed
- Hieracium umbellatum, narrowleaf hawkweed
- Hulsea algida, alpine hulsea
- Hymenopappus filifolius, fine-leaved hymenopappus
- , yellowish hymenopappus
- , manyhead hymenopappus
- Hymenoxys acaulis, stemless four-nerve-daisy
- Hymenoxys grandiflora, old-man-of-the-mountain
- Hymenoxys richardsonii, Richardson's bitterweed
- Hymenoxys torreyana, Torrey bitterweed
- Hypochaeris radicata, hairy cat's-ear
- Ionactis alpina, lava aster
- Ionactis stenomeres, Rocky Mountain aster
- Iva axillaris, small-flowered marsh-elder
- Iva xanthifolia, coarse sumpweed
- Lactuca biennis, tall blue lettuce
- Lactuca canadensis, Canada lettuce
- Lactuca ludoviciana, western lettuce
- Lactuca serriola, prickly lettuce
- Lactuca tatarica, tartarian lettuce
- Lagophylla ramosissima, slender hareleaf
- Lapsana communis, common nipplewort
- Leucanthemum vulgare, oxeye daisy
- Liatris ligulistylis, Rocky Mountain blazing star
- Liatris punctata, dotted blazing star
- , spearleaf rabbitbrush
- , rush skeleton-plant
- Machaeranthera canescens, hoary tansy-aster
- , rayless tansy-aster
- , spiny goldenaster
- Machaeranthera tanacetifolia, tanseyleaf tansy-aster
- Madia exigua, little tarweed
- Madia glomerata, mountain tarweed
- Madia gracilis, grassy tarweed
- Madia minima, small-headed tarweed
- , desert dandelion
- Matricaria discoidea, pineapple-weed chamomile
- Matricaria maritima, false chamomile
- Microseris nutans, nodding microseris
- Nothocalais cuspidata, prairie false-dandelion
- , black hairy false-dandelion
- Nothocalais troximoides, sagebrush false dandelion
- Onopordum acanthium, scotch thistle
- Oreostemma alpigenum, anderson's aster
- Petasites frigidus, arctic sweet coltsfoot
- , arctic sweet coltsfoot
- , arrowleaf sweet coltsfoot
- , oppositeleaf false bahia
- Platyschkuhria integrifolia, basin daisy
- Pleiacanthus spinosus, spiny skeletonweed
- , glaucous rattlesnake-root
- , arrow-leaf rattlesnake-root
- Psilocarphus brevissimus, dwarf woolly-heads
- Psilocarphus elatior, tall woolly-heads
- Pyrrocoma carthamoides, large-flower goldenweed
- , large-flower goldenweed
- , beartooth large-flowered goldenweed
- , entire-leaf goldenweed
- Pyrrocoma lanceolata, lance-leaved goldenweed
- Pyrrocoma uniflora, plantain goldenweed
- Ratibida columnifera, prairie coneflower
- Rudbeckia hirta, blackeyed susan
- Rudbeckia laciniata, cut-leaved coneflower
- Rudbeckia occidentalis, western coneflower
- Saussurea americana, American saw-wort
- , dwarf saw-wort
- , Weber's saw-wort
- , mediterranean serpent-root
- , clasping groundsel
- , woolly groundsel
- Senecio congestus, marsh ragwort
- , northwestern groundsel
- , thick-leaf groundsel
- , cleft-leaf groundsel
- , weak groundsel
- , two-leaf ragwort
- , twoleaf ragwort
- , Payson's groundsel
- , Elmer's ragwort
- , desert groundsel
- Senecio fremontii, Fremont's ragwort
- , twice-hairy butterweed
- Senecio hydrophiloides, sweet marsh ragwort
- Senecio hydrophilus, alkali-marsh ragwort
- , elegant groundsel
- Senecio integerrimus, entire-leaf ragwort
- , Columbia ragwort
- , lambstongue ragwort
- , Scribner's ragwort
- Senecio jacobaea, tansy ragwort
- , black-tip groundsel
- , large-headed ragwort
- , few-flowered butterweed
- , balsam ragwort
- Senecio plattensis, prairie ragwort
- , western golden groundsel
- Senecio serra, tall groundsel
- , rough-head groundsel
- , Rocky Mountain groundsel
- Senecio triangularis, arrow-leaf groundsel
- Senecio vulgaris, common groundsel
- Senecio werneriifolius, rock groundsel
- Solidago canadensis, Canada goldenrod
- , Great Plains goldenrod
- , rough Canada goldenrod
- Solidago gigantea, giant goldenrod
- Solidago missouriensis, Missouri goldenrod
- Solidago mollis, velvety goldenrod
- Solidago multiradiata, Rocky Mountain goldenrod
- Solidago nana, baby goldenrod
- Solidago nemoralis, field goldenrod
- Solidago ptarmicoides, prairie goldenrod
- Solidago rigida, stiff goldenrod
- Solidago simplex, sticky goldenrod
- Solidago velutina, three-nerved goldenrod
- Sonchus arvensis, field sowthistle
- , field sowthistle
- , field sowthistle
- Sonchus asper, spiny-leaf sowthistle
- Sonchus oleraceus, common sowthistle
- , chicken-sage
- , rock-tansy
- Stenotus acaulis, stemless mock goldenweed
- Stenotus armerioides, thrift mock goldenweed
- Stenotus lanuginosus, woolly goldenweed
- , woolly goldenweed
- , many-stem goldenweed
- Stephanomeria runcinata, desert wirelettuce
- Stephanomeria tenuifolia, narrowleaf wirelettuce
- Symphyotrichum ascendens, western aster
- Symphyotrichum boreale, boreal aster
- Symphyotrichum campestre, western meadow aster
- Symphyotrichum ciliatum, rayless alkali aster
- Symphyotrichum ciliolatum, fringed blue aster
- Symphyotrichum eatonii, Eaton's aster
- Symphyotrichum ericoides, white heath aster
- Symphyotrichum falcatum, white prairie aster
- Symphyotrichum foliaceum, leafy-bracted aster
- , alpine leafy-bract aster
- , Cusick's aster
- , leafy-bract aster
- , Parry's aster
- Symphyotrichum hendersonii, henderson's aster
- Symphyotrichum laeve, smooth blue aster
- Symphyotrichum lanceolatum, white panicle aster
- Symphyotrichum molle, soft aster
- Symphyotrichum oblongifolium, aromatic aster
- Symphyotrichum spathulatum, western mountain aster
- Symphyotrichum subspicatum, Douglas's aster
- Symphyotrichum welshii, Welsh's aster
- Tanacetum balsamita, coastmary
- Tanacetum parthenium, feverfew
- Tanacetum vulgare, common tansy
- , Rocky Mountain dandelion
- Taraxacum erythrospermum, redseed dandelion
- , alpine dandelion
- Taraxacum officinale, common dandelion
- Tetradymia canescens, gray horsebrush
- Tetradymia spinosa, short-spine horsebrush
- Thelesperma megapotamicum, hopi-tea
- , border goldthread
- Tonestus aberrans, Idaho goldenweed
- Tonestus lyallii, Lyall's goldenweed
- , pygmy goldenweed
- Townsendia condensata, cushion townsend-daisy
- , silky townsend-daisy
- , showy townsend-daisy
- Townsendia hookeri, Hooker's townsend-daisy
- , hoary townsend-daisy
- Townsendia leptotes, slender townsend-daisy
- , Wyoming townsend-daisy
- , Parry's townsend-daisy
- , sword townsend-daisy
- Tragopogon dubius, meadow goat's-beard
- Tragopogon porrifolius, purple goat's-beard
- Tragopogon pratensis, meadow goat's-beard
- Triniteurybia aberrans
- Verbesina encelioides, golden crownbeard
- , fascicled ironweed
- Viguiera multiflora, many-flowered viguiera
- , northern mule's-ears
- , white-head mule's-ears
- Wyethia scabra, rough mule's ears
- Xanthium spinosum, spiny cocklebur
- Xanthium strumarium, rough cocklebur
- , woody aster
Further reading[]
- Schiemann, Donald Anthony (2005). Wildflowers of Montana. Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing. ISBN 0-87842-504-7.
See also[]
- List of dicotyledons of Montana
Notes[]
- ^ "Asters and Sunflowers". Montana Natural Heritage Project. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
- ^ Exotic species have been deliberately or accidentally introduced to areas outside of their native geographic range and are able to reproduce and maintain sustainable populations in these areas. These exotic populations may also be referred to as alien, introduced, invasive, non-native, or non-indigenous. "Species Status Codes, Exotics". Montana Natural Heritage Project. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
- ^ Species of Concern are native taxa that are at-risk due to declining population trends, threats to their habitats, restricted distribution, and/or other factors. Designation as a Montana Species of Concern or Species of Concern is based on the Montana Status Rank, and is not a statutory or regulatory classification. Rather, these designations provide information that helps resource managers make proactive decisions regarding species conservation and data collection priorities. "Species Status Codes, Species of Concern". Montana Natural Heritage Project. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
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