Xylorhiza
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| Xylorhiza tortifolia | |
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| Genus: | Xylorhiza |
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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)
- - Baja California
- - 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
- - charming woodyaster - Utah, Colorado, New Mexico (Colfax County)
- - Big Bend woodyaster - western Texas, Chihuahua
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist [permanent dead link]
- ^ Nuttall, Thomas. 1840. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 297–298 in English
- ^ Tropicos, Xylorhiza Nutt.
- ^ Flora of North America Vol. 20 Page 406
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
External links[]
- USDA Plants Profile for Xylorhiza (woodyasters)
- Calflfora Database: Xylorhiza species in California — images + info links.
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Xylorhiza
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