Dieteria asteroides

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Dieteria asteroides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Dieteria
Species:
D. asteroides
Binomial name
Dieteria asteroides
Synonyms [1]
Synonymy
  • Aster amplifolius(Wooton & Standl.) Kittell
  • Dieteria asteroidesTorr.
  • Machaeranthera amplifoliaWooton & Standl.
  • Machaeranthera asteroides(Torr.) Greene
  • Machaeranthera pruinosaA.Gray
  • Machaeranthera simplexWooton & Standl.
  • Machaeranthera vernaA.Nelson
  • Machaeranthera lagunensisD.D.Keck, syn of var. lagunensis

Dieteria asteroides, the fall tansyaster, [2] is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to the southwestern United States (California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah) and northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora, Baja California). [3]

Dieteria asteroides is a biennial or perennial herb with a woody taproot. It often grows in a clump of several stems. Ray florets in the flower heads are white or purple, and female. Disc florets are yellow and bisexual. [4] [5]

Varieties [1] [4]


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References

  1. 1 2 "Dieteria asteroides Torr". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Machaeranthera asteroides". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. 1 2 Flora of North America, Dieteria asteroides Torrey in W. H. Emory, Not. Milit. Reconn. 141. 1848.
  5. Wooton, Elmer Ottis & Standley, Paul Carpenter 1913. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16(4): 189 as Machaeranthera simplex