Dieteria bigelovii

Dieteria bigelovii (Bigelow's tansyaster)[2] is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and Albany County in Wyoming).[3]

Dieteria bigelovii
Fig. nº 4
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Dieteria
Species:
D. bigelovii
Binomial name
Dieteria bigelovii
(A.Gray) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm.
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Aster aquifolius (Greene ex Wooton & Standl.) S.F.Blake
  • Aster bigelovii A.Gray
  • Aster pattersonii A.Gray
  • Aster rubrotinctus S.F.Blake
  • Aster townshendii Hook.f.
  • Machaeranthera aquifolia Greene ex Wooton & Standl.
  • Machaeranthera aquifolia Greene
  • Machaeranthera aspera Greene
  • Machaeranthera bigelovii (A.Gray) Greene
  • Machaeranthera centaureoides Greene ex Wooton & Standl.
  • Machaeranthera pattersonii (A.Gray) Greene
  • Machaeranthera rubricaulis Rydb.
  • Machaeranthera spectabilis Greene
  • Machaeranthera varians Greene
  • Machaeranthera viscosula Rydb.
  • Machaeranthera commixta Greened, syn of var. commixta
  • Aster adenolepis S.F.Blake, syn of var. mucronata
  • Machaeranthera mucronata Greene, syn of var. mucronata

Dieteria bigelovii is a biennial or perennial herb. It produces several flower heads. Ray florets are female, blue or purple. Disc florets are yellow and bisexual.[4][5]

Varieties[1][4]

References
  1. The Plant List Dieteria bigelovii (A.Gray) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm.
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Machaeranthera bigelovii var. bigelovii". 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. Flora of North America, Dieteria bigelovii (A. Gray) D. R. Morgan & R. L. Hartman, Sida. 20: 1394. 2003.
  5. Gray, Asa 1857. Reports of explorations and surveys: to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, made under the direction of the Secretary of War 4(5): 97


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