Hoary tansyaster

Dieteria canescens

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Machaeranthera canescens (syn. Dieteria canescens) is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names hoary tansyaster and hoary-aster. It is native to western and central North America, where it is a common plant in many regions and habitat types. It is a woolly-haired, glandular annual or perennial herb with one or more branching stems sometimes exceeding a meter in height. The linear to oblong leaves may reach 10 centimeters long...

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  1. (c) Jerry Oldenettel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/7457894@N04/3888600142
  2. (c) 2008 Gary A. Monroe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=246293&one=T
  3. (c) 2009 Keir Morse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=272819&one=T
  4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieteria_canescens

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Color purple, yellow
Group Flowering Plants
Kingdom Plants
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