Asteraceae (Aster) of the Pacific Northwest

Niger

Guizotia abyssinica is an erect, stout, branched annual herb, grown for its edible oil and seed. Its cultivation originated in the Ethiopian highlands, and has spread to other parts of Ethiopia. Common names include: noog/nug (Ethio-Semitic ኑግ nūg); niger, nyger, nyjer, or Niger seed; ramtil or ramtilla; inga seed; ...more ↓

Tickseed

Coreopsis /ˌkɒriːˈɒpsɪs/ is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Common names include calliopsis and tickseed, a name shared with various other plants.

Rigiopappus

Rigiopappus is a genus of North American plants in the aster tribe within the sunflower family. It is closely related to genus Pentachaeta.

Lagophylla

Lagophylla is a small genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family. The genus is native to western North America, especially California.

cowpen daisy

Verbesina encelioides is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. The species is native to many parts of the United States and Mexico. It is naturalized in other parts of North America, the Middle East, Spain, Argentina, Australia and the Pacific islands. Common names include golden crownbeard, cowpen daisy, butter daisy, crown-beard, American ...more ↓

Dwarf Sunflowers

Helianthella, the little sunflower, is a genus of North American plants in the sunflower family.

sunflowers

Helianthus or sunflower (from the Greek: ήλιος, Hēlios, "sun" and ανθός, anthos, "flower") L. /ˌhiːliˈænθəs/ is a genus of plants comprising about 70 species in the family Asteraceae. The genus is one of many in the Asteraceae that are known as sunflowers. Except for three species in South America, all Helianthus species are native to North America. ...more ↓

Heliomeris

Heliomeris is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family known generally as false goldeneyes.

Hemizonella

Hemizonella is a genus of North American plants in the tarweed tribe within the sunflower family.

tarweeds

Madia is a genus of annual or perennial usually aromatic herbs with yellow flowers, in the tarweed tribe within the sunflower family.Tropicos, Madia Molina

pot marigold

Calendula officinalis, the pot marigold, ruddles, common marigold or Scotch marigold, is a plant in the genus Calendula of the family Asteraceae. It is probably native to southern Europe, though its long history of cultivation makes its precise origin unknown, and it may possibly be of garden origin. It is also widely naturalised further north ...more ↓

Corn Marigold

Glebionis segetum (syn. Chrysanthemum segetum) is a species of the genus Glebionis, probably native only to the eastern Mediterranean region but now naturalized in western and northern Europe as well as China and parts of North America. Common names include corn marigold and corn daisy.

Anisocarpus

Anisocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the tarweed tribe within the daisy family.

Kyhosia

Kyhosia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the aster family containing the single species Kyhosia bolanderi, which is known by the common names Bolander's madia and kyhosia.

Hulsea

Hulsea is a small genus of North American flowering plants in the sunflower family known commonly as alpinegold.

tansies

Tanacetum is a genus of about 160 species of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, native to many regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They are known commonly as tansies. The name tansy can refer specifically to Tanacetum vulgare, which may be called the common tansy or garden tansy for clarity.

sneezeweeds

Helenium is a genus of annuals and deciduous herbaceous perennials in the sunflower family native to the Americas.

Four-nerved Daisies

Tetraneuris, commonly known as four-nerve daisy or bitterweed, is a genus of North American plants in the sneezeweed tribe within the daisy family.

Rubberweeds

Hymenoxys (rubberweed or bitterweed) is a genus of plants in the sunflower family, native to North and South America. It was named by Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini in 1828.

Woolly sunflowers

Eriophyllum, commonly known as the woolly sunflower, is a North American genus of plants in the sunflower family. The genus is native to western North America (USA, Canada, northwestern Mexico), with a concentration of narrow endemics in California.

gumplants

Grindelia (gumweed) is a genus of plants native to the Americas belonging to the sunflower family.

Grindelia is a very morphologically various group. Taxonomy is under flux right now.

Dyssodia

Dyssodia Cav. is a small genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. Most dyssodias are now treated as members of other related genera, including Thymophylla or Adenophyllum, with Dyssodia as genus synonym. Dyssodia papposa is usually retained in this genus.

Picradeniopsis

Bahia is a small genus of perennial flowering plants in the sunflower family. The common name is also bahia. It is named in honor of the Spanish botanist Juan Francisco Bahí (1775–1841).

Jaumea

Jaumea is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. The plants are sprawling perennial herbs branching mostly from the base. Flower heads are yellow, with disc flowers and also usually with ray flowers.

Eatonella

Eatonella is a North American genus of plants in the daisy family containing the single known species Eatonella nivea, which is calledby the common name white false tickhead. This small annual is native to the western United States, particularly the Great Basin, where it grows in sandy soils. It has been found in Washington (Grant + Kittitas Counties), ...more ↓

matchweeds and snakeweeds

Gutierrezia is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, native to western North America and western South America. Plants of this genus are known generally as snakeweeds or matchweeds. Some species have been called greasewood. They are annual or perennial plants or subshrubs with yellow or white flowers.

Xanthisma

Xanthisma, common name sleepy-daisy, is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family.

goldfields

Lasthenia, commonly known as goldfields, is a genus of the botanical family Asteraceae. The genus is named after Lasthenia, a cross-dressing female pupil of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato.

goldfields

Lasthenia, commonly known as goldfields, is a genus of the botanical family Asteraceae. The genus is named after Lasthenia, a cross-dressing female pupil of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato.

goldenbushes

Ericameria is a genus of North American shrubs in the daisy family.

Baccharis

Baccharis /ˈbækərɪs/ is a genus of perennials and shrubs in the aster family (Asteraceae). They are commonly known as baccharises but sometimes referred to as "brooms", because many members have small thin leaves resembling the true brooms. They are not at all related to these however, but belong to an entirely different lineage of eudicots. B. halimifolia is ...more ↓

Luina

Luina, commonly called silverback, is a small genus of perennial shrubs in the groundsel tribe within the sunflower family.

horsebrushes and cottonthorns

Tetradymia is a genus of North American shrubs in the groundsel tribe within the sunflower family. Horsebrush is a common name for plants in this genus.

brickellbushes

Brickellia is a North American genus of about 100 to 110 species of plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, known commonly as brickellbushes. They are found in Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Central America. Many species are native to the American southwest, especially Texas. Brickellia is among the more basal lineages of the Eupatorieae and should not be ...more ↓

plumeless thistles

Carduus is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, and the tribe Cynareae, one of two genera considered to be true thistles, the other being Cirsium. Plants of the genus are known commonly as plumeless thistles. They are native to Eurasia and Africa, and several are known elsewhere as introduced species. This genus is noted for its ...more ↓

cotton thistles

Onopordum, cottonthistle, is a genus of plants in the thistle tribe within the Asteraceae. They are native to southern Europe, northern Africa, the Canary Islands, the Caucasus, and southwest and central Asia. They grow on disturbed land, roadsides, arable land and pastures.

Joe-Pye weeds

Eutrochium is a North American genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the sunflower family. They are commonly referred to as Joe-Pye weeds. They are native to the United States and Canada, and have non-dissected foliage and pigmented flowers.

thistles

Cirsium is a genus of perennial and biennial flowering plants in the Asteraceae, one of several genera known commonly as thistles. They are more precisely known as plume thistles. These differ from other thistle genera (Carduus, Silybum and Onopordum) in having feathered hairs to their achenes. The other genera have a pappus of simple unbranched hairs.

knapweeds

Centaurea (/ˌsɛntɔːˈriːə/) is a genus of between 350 and 600 species of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Members of the genus are found only north of the equator, mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere; the Middle East and surrounding regions are particularly species-rich. Common names for this genus are centaury, centory, ...more ↓

hemp agrimony

Eupatorium cannabinum, commonly known as hemp-agrimony, or holy rope, is a herbaceous plant of the daisy family. It is a robust perennial native to many areas of Europe. It is cultivated as an ornamental and occasionally found as a garden escape in scattered locations in China, the United States and Canada.

Silybum

Silybum (milk thistle) is a genus of two species of thistles in the (daisy family). The plants are native to the Mediterranean regions of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. One species has been introduced elsewhere, including in North America. The name "milk thistle" derives from a feature of the leaves, which are prominently banded with splashes of white. ...more ↓

Crupina

Crupina is a small genus of plants in the thistle tribe within the daisy family.

Rhaponticum

Rhaponticum a.k.a. Maral Root is a genus of plants in the thistle tribe within the sunflower family.

Dimeresia

Dimeresia is a monotypic genus in the sunflower family containing the single species Dimeresia howellii, known by the common name doublet....

Saussurea

Saussurea is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the thistle tribe within the daisy family, native to cool temperate and arctic regions of Asia, Europe, and North America, with the highest diversity in alpine habitats in the Himalaya and central Asia. Common names include saw-wort and snow lotus, the latter used for a number of high altitude species ...more ↓

American groundsels and ragworts

Packera is a genus of about 64 species of plants in the composite family, Asteraceae. Its members were previously included in the genus Senecio (where they were called aureoid senecios by Asa Gray), but were divided out based on chromosome numbers, a variety of morphological characters, and molecular phylogeny.

groundsels

Senecio /sɪˈniːʃi.oʊ/ is a genus of the daisy family (Asteraceae) that includes ragworts and groundsels. The scientific Latin genus name, Senecio, means "old man."

Luina

Luina, commonly called silverback, is a small genus of perennial shrubs in the groundsel tribe within the sunflower family.

Raillardella

Raillardella is a genus of flowering plants in the tarweed tribe within the daisy family.

Saussurea

Saussurea is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the thistle tribe within the daisy family, native to cool temperate and arctic regions of Asia, Europe, and North America, with the highest diversity in alpine habitats in the Himalaya and central Asia. Common names include saw-wort and snow lotus, the latter used for a number of high altitude species ...more ↓

wood asters

Eurybia is a genus of plants in the composite family that were previously included in the genus Aster. Most species are native to North America, although one is also present in northern Eurasia. There are 23 species in the genus including 1 natural hybrid. The name was first applied by Alexandre de Cassini in 1820. The name is derived from Ancient Greek ευρυς ...more ↓

tansyasters

Dieteria is a North American genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family.

blazing-stars

Liatris (/laɪˈætrɪs/; is a genus of flowering plants in the boneset tribe within the sunflower family native to North America (Canada, United States, Mexico and the Bahamas). Common names include blazing star and gayfeather. Some species are used as ornamental plants, sometimes in flower bouquets.

goldenweeds

Pyrrocoma is a genus of North American plants in the daisy family. These wildflowers are sometimes known as goldenweeds.

Cacaliopsis

Cacaliopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, containing the single species Cacaliopsis nardosmia (formerly Cacalia nardosmia). It is known by the common name silvercrown. It is native to western North America, where it is distributed from southern British Columbia to northern California.

snakeroots

Ageratina (snakeroot) is a genus of more than 330 perennials and rounded shrubs in the family Asteraceae.

Rainiera

Rainiera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae. The single species, Rainiera stricta, is endemic to the northwestern United States (Oregon and Washington). The genus is part of the tribe Senecioneae, and appears to be most closely related to Luina, another genus of northwestern North America, in which it was once placed. ...more ↓

Xanthisma

Xanthisma, common name sleepy-daisy, is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family.

tansyasters

Dieteria is a North American genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family.

American asters

Symphyotrichum (/ˌsɪmfaɪəˈtrɪkəm/) is a genus of about 90 species of herbaceous annual and perennial plants in the composite family (Asteraceae) that were formerly treated within the genus Aster. The majority are endemic to North America, but several species also occur in the West Indies, Central and South America, as well as in eastern Eurasia. Many species have been ...more ↓

False Goldenasters

Heterotheca, (common names goldenasters, camphorweed, or telegraph weed) are North American plants in the sunflower family.

Eucephalus

Eucephalus may refer to:

Butterburs

Petasites is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae, that are commonly referred to as butterburs and coltsfoots. They are perennial plants with thick, creeping underground rhizomes and large rhubarb-like leaves during the growing season.

everlastings

Anaphalis is a genus of herbaceous and woody flowering plants within the Asteraceae family, whose members are commonly known by the name pearl or pearly everlasting. There are around 110 species with the vast majority being native to central and southern Asia. There is one species native to North America that is fairly well known and popular in cultivation, namely the ...more ↓

Logfia

Logfia is a genus of herbaceous plants in the cudweed tribe of the sunflower family, known as the field cottonrose.

Cudweed

Euchiton is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. They are native to Australasia and the Pacific. Some have been introduced far outside their native ranges.

pussytoes

Antennaria is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Asteraceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with one species (A. chilensis) in temperate southern South America; the highest species diversity is in North America. Common names include catsfoot or cat's-foot, pussytoes and everlasting.

cudweeds

Filago is a genus of plants in the sunflower family, native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa. They are sometimes called cottonroses or cudweeds.

Everlastings and Cudweeds

Gamochaeta is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family. There has not always been agreement among botanists regarding its status as a recognized genus, but it has become more accepted in recent years. It currently includes many plants that previously belonged in genus Gnaphalium. Like many species of Gnaphalium, many Gamochaeta are called ...more ↓

Omalotheca

Omalotheca is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is commonly known as arctic cudweed.

Erechtites

Erechtites is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family known commonly as fireweeds or burnweeds. They are native to the Americas and Australia, but some species are widely distributed weeds.

rabbit-tobaccos

Pseudognaphalium is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family.

cudweeds

Gnaphalium is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, commonly called cudweeds. They are widespread and common in temperate regions, although some are found on tropical mountains or in the subtropical regions of the world.

burdocks

Arctium is a genus of biennial plants commonly known as burdock, family Asteraceae. Native to the Old World, several species have been widely introduced worldwide.

Ancistrocarphus

Ancistrocarphus is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family. It contains two known species, both native to western North America. These plants are often treated as members of genus Stylocline, but they are not as closely related to Stylocline species as they are to plants of other genera, especially Hesperevax.

Ragweeds

Ragweeds are flowering plants in the genus Ambrosia in the aster family, Asteraceae. They are distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, especially North America, where the origin and center of diversity of the genus are in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Several species have been introduced to the Old World and some have ...more ↓

Carthamus

The genus Carthamus, the distaff thistles, includes plants in the thistle family. The group is native to Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia.

cockleburs

Xanthium (cocklebur) is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower tribe within the daisy family, native to the Americas and eastern Asia.

black-eyed Susans and coneflowers

Rudbeckia /rʌdˈbɛkiə/ is a plant genus in the sunflower family. The species are commonly called coneflowers and black-eyed-susans; all are native to North America and many species are cultivated in gardens for their showy yellow or gold flower heads.

Woolly-Marbles

Psilocarphus is a genus of flowering plants in the pussy's-toes tribe within the daisy family.

Globe thistles

Echinops /ˈɛkɪnɒps/ is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as globe thistles. They have spiny foliage and produce blue or white spherical flower heads. They are native to Europe east to central Asia and south to the mountains of tropical Africa.. Globe thistle is the host plant of weevil Larinus vulpes .

neststraws

Stylocline (neststraw) is a small genus of North American desert plants in the Inuleae tribe within the daisy family.

Micropus

Micropus, the cottonseeds, is a genus of flowering plants in the pussy's-toes tribe within the daisy family.

Beggarticks

Bidens is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. The common names beggarticks, black jack, burr marigolds, cobbler's pegs, Spanish needles, stickseeds, tickseeds and tickseed sunflowers refer to the fruits of the plants, most of which are bristly and barbed, with two sharp pappi at the end. The generic ...more ↓

wormwoods and sagebrushes

Artemisia /ˌɑːrtɪˈmiːziə/ is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 and 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. Common names for various species in the genus include mugwort, wormwood, and sagebrush.

marshelders

Iva xanthiifolia, synonym Cyclachaena xanthiifolia, known as giant sumpweed or, in Britain and Ireland, marsh-elder, is a North American plant species in the sunflower family. It is believed to be native to the Great Plains but now found across much of southern Canada and the contiguous United States, though rarely in the Southeast. It has been ...more ↓

Dyssodia

Dyssodia Cav. is a small genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. Most dyssodias are now treated as members of other related genera, including Thymophylla or Adenophyllum, with Dyssodia as genus synonym. Dyssodia papposa is usually retained in this genus.

Iva

Iva is a genus of wind-pollinated plants in the family Asteraceae, described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. Plants of this genus are known generally as marsh elders. The genus is native to North America.

Jaumea

Jaumea is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. The plants are sprawling perennial herbs branching mostly from the base. Flower heads are yellow, with disc flowers and also usually with ray flowers.

greenthreads

Thelesperma is a genus of North American and South American plants in the cosmos tribe within the sunflower family. Greenthread is a common name for plants in this genus.

goldfields

Lasthenia, commonly known as goldfields, is a genus of the botanical family Asteraceae. The genus is named after Lasthenia, a cross-dressing female pupil of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato.

Eatonella

Eatonella is a North American genus of plants in the daisy family containing the single known species Eatonella nivea, which is calledby the common name white false tickhead. This small annual is native to the western United States, particularly the Great Basin, where it grows in sandy soils. It has been found in Washington (Grant + Kittitas Counties), ...more ↓