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Mojave Woodyaster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
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Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)

General: Mojave Woodyaster (Xylorhiza tortifolia) is a short, but upright shrub. The leaves are narrow, hairy, and have prickles along the edges. The flowers are relatively large, purple sunflowers with a yellow center.

Desert Aster is a fairly common component of vegetation communities in dry, well-drained gravelly areas on bajadas into the lower mountains in the Upper Sonoran (Mojave Desert Scrub and Pinyon-Juniper Woodland) life zone.

Family: Sunflower (Asteraceae)

Other Names: Desert Aster

Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia) Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia) Mojave Woodyaster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia) Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
Mojave Woodyaster (Xylorhiza tortifolia) Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia) Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia) Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia) Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia) Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia) Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia) Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia) Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia) Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia) Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia) Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
Mojave Woodyaster drying during early summer
Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
Mojave Woodyaster drying during early summer
Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
Mojave Woodyaster drying during early summer with ripe flowerhead
Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
Spent seedhead and seedhead with ripe seeds
Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
Seedhead with ripe seeds
Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
Spent seedhead
Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
Spent seedhead
Desert Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
Spent seedhead

Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate. Names generally follow the USDA database.
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