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Woodyasters
Xylorhiza
Xylorhiza is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, are known as woodyasters. 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.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Orcutt's Woodyaster
speciesXylorhiza orcuttii

Mojave Woodyaster
speciesXylorhiza tortifolia

Mecca Woodyaster
speciesXylorhiza cognata

Charming Woodyaster
speciesXylorhiza venusta

Smooth Woodyaster
speciesXylorhiza glabriuscula

Panamint desert-aster
speciesXylorhiza panamintensis

Big Bend Woodyaster
speciesXylorhiza wrightii

Henrieville Woodyaster
speciesXylorhiza confertifolia

Xylorhiza frutescens
speciesXylorhiza frutescens

Moab Woodyaster
speciesXylorhiza linearifolia

Cronquist's Woodyaster
speciesXylorhiza cronquistii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 64716.