Dieteria asteroides var. asteroides

Synonyms: Aster canescens var. tephrodes Aster tephrodes (A. Gray) S. F. Blake Machaeranthera tephrodes (A. Gray) Greene
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 397. Mentioned on page 396.

Stems hairy to canescent, sometimes sparsely glandular. Leaves: mid blades 6–20 mm wide, margins usually serrate or serrulate, faces puberulent or canescent, sometimes sparsely stipitate-glandular. Involucres hemispheric, 8–15 mm. Phyllary apices long-acuminate, 3–6 mm, faces puberulent or canescent, sparsely stipitate-glandular. 2n = 8.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Grasslands, creosote bush scrublands, pine/oak woodlands, often along streams
Elevation: 300–2400 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Nev., N.Mex., Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora).

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
David R. Morgan +
Torrey +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, Mexico (Chihuahua +  and Sonora). +
300–2400 m +
Grasslands, creosote bush scrublands, pine/oak woodlands, often along streams +
Flowering Jul–Oct. +
in W. H. Emory, Not. Milit. Reconn., +
Aster canescens var. tephrodes +, Aster tephrodes +  and Machaeranthera tephrodes +
Dieteria asteroides var. asteroides +
Dieteria asteroides +
variety +