genus
Woodyasters
Xylorhiza
Field notes
Xylorhiza is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, 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.
Species
Xylorhiza cognata - Mecca woodyaster - California (Imperial + Riverside Counties)
Xylorhiza confertifolia - Henrieville woodyaster - Utah (Kane, Wayne, + Garfield Counties)
Xylorhiza cronquistii - Cronquist's woodyaster - Utah (Kane + Garfield Counties)
Xylorhiza frutescens - Baja California
Xylorhiza glabriuscula - smooth woodyaster - Wyoming, Utah (Daggett County), Colorado (Routt + Moffat Counties), Montana (Carbon County), South Dakota (Harding, Butte, Fall River Counties)
Xylorhiza orcuttii - Orcutt's aster - California (Imperial + San Diego Counties)
Xylorhiza panamintensis - Death Valley National Park
Xylorhiza tortifolia - Mojave woodyaster - California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona
Xylorhiza venusta - charming woodyaster - Utah, Colorado, New Mexico (Colfax County)
Xylorhiza wrightii - Big Bend woodyaster - western Texas, Chihuahua
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Shrubs
- Plant type
- Perennial Shrub Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native woodyasters All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Mojave Woodyaster
Xylorhiza tortifolia
caterpillars
4
flowers
16
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Mecca Woodyaster
Xylorhiza cognata
caterpillars
1
flowers
7
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Orcutt's Woodyaster
Xylorhiza orcuttii
caterpillars
1
flowers
3
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Charming Woodyaster
Xylorhiza venusta
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Smooth Woodyaster
Xylorhiza glabriuscula
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Henrieville Woodyaster
Xylorhiza confertifolia
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Moab Woodyaster
Xylorhiza linearifolia
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Cronquist's Woodyaster
Xylorhiza cronquistii