Dieteria bigelovii var. bigelovii

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 397. Mentioned on page 398.

Leaf blades lanceolate to oblanceolate, mid 20–80 × 6–15 mm, margins entire to irregularly dentate or serrate, faces glabrous or sparsely puberulent, often sparsely stipitate-glandular. Involucres broadly turbinate to hemispheric, 8–15 mm, widths 1–2(–3) times heights. Phyllaries 50–100, 1–2 mm wide (at midpoint), apices long-acuminate, 3–6 mm. Ray florets 30–60. 2n = 8.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Meadows, open areas, subalpine coniferous forests, oak woodlands, grasslands, creosote bush or sagebrush scrublands, often along streams, roadsides
Elevation: 2300–3500 m

Discussion

Variety bigelovii is found in the Rocky Mountains.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
David R. Morgan +
(A. Gray) D. R. Morgan & R. L. Hartman +
Aster bigelovii +
Colo. +, N.Mex. +  and Wyo. +
2300–3500 m +
Meadows, open areas, subalpine coniferous forests, oak woodlands, grasslands, creosote bush or sagebrush scrublands, often along streams, roadsides +
Flowering Jul–Oct. +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Machaeranthera bigelovii +
Dieteria bigelovii var. bigelovii +
Dieteria bigelovii +
variety +