Dieteria
Genus of flowering plants
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Dieteria is a North American genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2]
| Dieteria | |
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| Dieteria canescens var. canescens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Subtribe: | Machaerantherinae |
| Genus: | Dieteria Nutt. |
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The genus Dieteria is closely related to Machaeranthera but distinguished by having entire to toothed leaves, whereas Machaeranthera has once or twice pinnate leaves.[3][4]
- Dieteria asteroides Torr. - Chihuahua, Durango, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado
- Dieteria bigelovii (A.Gray) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming
- Dieteria canescens (Pursh) Nutt. - most of western United States and western Canada; Chihuahua
- Dieteria shastensis (A.Gray) D.W.Taylor - California, Nevada, Oregon
