PLANTS Profile for Xylorhiza cognata (Mecca woodyaster)

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PLANTS Profile

Xylorhiza cognata (H.M. Hall) T.J. Watson
Mecca woodyaster

Symbol:

XYCO2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Subshrub
Shrub

L48

More Information:

Images:
Xylorhiza cognata (H.M. Hall) T.J. Watson

Synonyms:
Xylorhiza cognata (H.M. Hall) T.J. Watson

	ASCO29	Aster cognatus H.M. Hall
	ASST13	Aster standleyi Davidson
	MACO17	Machaeranthera cognata (H.M. Hall) Cronquist & D.D. Keck
	XYST2	Xylorhiza standleyi (Davidson) Davidson

Distribution:
Xylorhiza cognata (H.M. Hall) T.J. Watson


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Related Taxa:
Xylorhiza cognata (H.M. Hall) T.J. Watson

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 8 species in Xylorhiza

Classification:
Xylorhiza cognata (H.M. Hall) T.J. Watson

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Xylorhiza Nutt. – woodyaster
Species	Xylorhiza cognata (H.M. Hall) T.J. Watson – Mecca woodyaster

More Accounts and Images:
Xylorhiza cognata (H.M. Hall) T.J. Watson

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38696.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 07:28 AM CDT