Xylorhiza (plant)

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Xylorhiza
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Xylorhiza tortifolia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Machaerantherinae
Genus: Xylorhiza
Nutt.
Synonyms [1]
  • Machaeranthera sect. Xylorhiza(Nutt.) Cronquist & D.D. Keck

Xylorhiza is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, 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]

Species [1] [5]

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