Biology:Xylorhiza (plant)
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Xylorhiza | |
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| Xylorhiza tortifolia | |
Scientific classification 
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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. |
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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]
- 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist [yes|permanent dead link|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 Editorial Committee, ed. (2006), "Xylorhiza" (in en), Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 20, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=135178, retrieved 17 January 2023
- ↑ 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
Wikidata ☰ Q2711260 entry
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