Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Dieteria bigelovii (Gray) Morgan & Hartman
(Sticky Aster, Bigelow's Spine Aster)


Family: Asteraceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Aster aquifolius (Greene) Blake
Aster bigelovii Gray
Machaeranthera aquifolia Greene
Machaeranthera bigelovii (Gray) Greene
Machaeranthera centaureoides Greene
Machaeranthera rubricaulis Rydberg

Dieteria bigelovii has slender purple rays and a yellow disc. The teeth on the glandular leaves are small and widely spaced. This is a mid to upper-elevation species.
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Dieteria bigelovii, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger and the Asteraceae Workshop 2007, Pinos Altos Range, Rte. 15 & Ben Lilly cliffs, Sept. 6, 2007



Dieteria bigelovii, detail of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger & Carey Anne Lafferty, Black Range, McKnight Road, October 4, 2008



Dieteria bigelovii, detail of glandular phyllaries, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger & Carey Anne Lafferty, Black Range, McKnight Road, October 4, 2008


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