Dieteria bigelovii

Species category

Flower, Weed

Common name

Bigelow's tansyaster

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.

Shape

Oblanceolate

Size

  • Length 3–3.8 mm
  • Width 0.7–0.9 mm
  • Thickness 0.5–0.6 mm

Color

Light yellow

Texture

Striate and granularGranular:
Resembling or consisting of small grains or particles.

Other structures

ApexApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
has an expanded pappusPappus:
Modified calyx in Asteraceae, composed of hairs, bristles, awns, or scales. The pappus-like structure attached to milkweed seeds is termed a coma. 
crown

Identification notes

Diagonal callusCallus:
The hard base of grass florets or spikelets, just above the point of disarticulation.
at base.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Asteraceae

Valid name

Dieteria bigelovii (A. Gray) D.R. Morgan & R.L. Hartm.

Synonyms

Aster aquifolius (Greene ex Wooton & Standl.) S.F. Blake
Aster bigelovii A. Gray
Aster pattersonii A. Gray
Aster rubrotinctus S.F. Blake
Machaeranthera aquifolia Greene ex Wooton & Standl
Machaeranthera centaureoides Greene ex Wooton & Standl
Machaeranthera pattersonii (A. Gray) Greene
Machaeranthera rubricaulis Rydb.

 Dieteria bigelovii.  Apex with expanded pappus crown.
Dieteria bigelovii. Apex with expanded pappus crown.