Dieteria asteroides var. lagunensis Calflora

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Taxon Report

Dieteria asteroides Torr. var. lagunensis (D. D. Keck) D. R. Morgan & R. L. Hartm.

Mount laguna aster

2016 Keir Morse

Dieteria asteroides var. lagunensis is a perennial herb that is native to California, and found only slightly beyond California borders.

also called Machaeranthera asteroides var. lagunensis

California Rare Plant Rank: 2B.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere).

State of California status: Rare.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~42 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Parent:	Dieteria asteroides
Genus:	Dieteria
Family:	Asteraceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Foothill Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS

Alternate Names:


CNPS	Machaeranthera asteroides var. lagunensis, Machaeranthera lagunensis
JEF	Machaeranthera asteroides var. lagunensis

Information about Dieteria asteroides var. lagunensis from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape CNPS Inventory: 2B.1 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).