Xylorhiza (plant)

Xylorhiza
Xylorhiza tortifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Machaerantherinae
Genus: Xylorhiza
Nutt.
Synonyms
  • Machaeranthera sect. Xylorhiza (Nutt.) Cronquist & D.D. Keck

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