Calflora: Xylorhiza tortifolia var. tortifolia

Xylorhiza tortifolia (Torrey & A. Gray) E. Greene var. tortifolia

Desert Aster, Mojave aster, Mojave woodyaster

Xylorhiza tortifolia var. tortifolia, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.

Note: TJM2 bloom period: Mar--Jun, Oct

Community:	Creosote Bush Scrub
Elevation:	between 787 and 6562 feet
Family:	ASTERACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Xylorhiza found in California.
	See the more inclusive parent record Xylorhiza tortifolia.

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

Other Names:

PLANTS:	Aplopappus tortifolius
PLANTS:	Aster abatus
PLANTS:	Aster goodingii
PLANTS:	Aster mohavensis
PLANTS:	Aster tortifolius
PLANTS:	Machaeranthera tortifolia
PLANTS:	Xylorhiza lanceolata
PLANTS:	Xylorhiza scopulorum

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Imperial: 3 / 3 CCH Inyo: 88 / 82 CCH Kern: 55 / 50 CCH Los Angeles: 29 / 28 CCH Mono: 9 / 6 CCH Riverside: 38 / 37 CCH San Bernardino: 192 / 182 CCH San Diego: 2 / 2 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Xylorhiza tortifolia var. tortifolia from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (XYTOT)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database