Xylorhiza tortifolia var. tortifolia

Common names: Mojave woody-aster
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 409.

Stems, leaves, and involucres piloso-villous to puberulent, finely stipitate-glandular. Leaf margins piloso-villous. 2n = 12, 24.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–May(–Jun).
Habitat: Sandy or gravelly slopes and flats, often over clay, alkaline, barren areas dominated by creosote bush, sagebrush, shadscale
Elevation: 200–2000 m

Distribution

V20-937-distribution-map.gif

Ariz., Calif., Nev., Utah.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Guy L. Nesom +
(Torrey & A. Gray) Greene +
Haplopappus tortifolius +
Mojave woody-aster +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Nev. +  and Utah. +
200–2000 m +
Sandy or gravelly slopes and flats, often over clay, alkaline, barren areas dominated by creosote bush, sagebrush, shadscale +
Flowering Mar–May(–Jun). +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Machaeranthera tortifolia +
Xylorhiza tortifolia var. tortifolia +
Xylorhiza tortifolia +
variety +