PLANTS Profile for Machaeranthera carnosa (shrubby alkaliaster)

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PLANTS Profile

Machaeranthera carnosa (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom
shrubby alkaliaster

Symbol:

MACA17

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Machaeranthera carnosa (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom

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Distribution:
Machaeranthera carnosa (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom


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USA (AZ, CA, NV)

Related Taxa:
Machaeranthera carnosa (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom

View 478 genera in Asteraceae, 18 species in Machaeranthera or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Machaeranthera carnosa (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom var. carnosa. .

Machaeranthera carnosa var. carnosa
shrubby alkaliaster

Distribution of Machaeranthera carnosa (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom var. intricata (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom. .

Machaeranthera carnosa var. intricata
shrubby alkaliaster

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Machaeranthera carnosa (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom

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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	Machaeranthera Nees – tansyaster
Species	Machaeranthera carnosa (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom – shrubby alkaliaster

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Machaeranthera carnosa (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom

Aster intricatus [=MACAI3]:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW,OBL

OBL

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Machaeranthera carnosa (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503638.

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

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 03:26 PM CST