Dieteria bigelovii

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
	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 (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 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]

Dieteria bigelovii var. bigelovii - Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming
Dieteria bigelovii var. commixta (Greene) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - Wasatch Mountains in Utah
Dieteria bigelovii var. mucronata (Greene) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - Kaibab Plateau in northern Arizona

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