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Genus of flowering plants
Xylorhiza is a genus of flowering plants in the family
Asteraceae , known as woodyasters .
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[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 .
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Species
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[5]
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
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Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist [
permanent dead link ]
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Nuttall, Thomas. 1840. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 297–298 in English
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Tropicos, Xylorhiza Nutt.
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Nesom, G.L. (2006).
"Xylorhiza " . In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.).
Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA) . Vol. 20. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 17 January 2023 – via eFloras.org,
Missouri Botanical Garden , St. Louis, MO &
Harvard University Herbaria , Cambridge, MA.
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Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
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