Canadanthus

Canadanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Canadanthus
G.L.Nesom
Species: C. modestus
Binomial name
Canadanthus modestus
(Lindl.) G.L.Nesom
Synonyms[1]
  • Aster subgenus Canadanthus (G.L.Nesom) Semple
  • Aster modestus Lindl.
  • Aster modestus var. major (Hook.) Muenscher
  • Aster sayianus Nutt.
  • Aster majus (Hook.) Porter
  • Aster mutatus Torr. & A.Gray
  • Weberaster modestus (Lindl.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Aster major (Hook.) Porter
  • Aster unalaschkensis var. major Hook.

Canadanthus is a North American genus of flowering plant in the daisy family.[2]

The only known species is Canadanthus modestus, native to northern North America (Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan).[1][3]

Canadanthus modestus is an herbaceous perennial spreading by means of underground rhizomes, thus producing large colonies. It has several flower heads, each with pink or purple ray florets and white or yellow disc florets.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Nesom, Guy L. 1994. Phytologia 77(3): 250–251
  3. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
  4. ↑ Flora of North America, Vol. 20 Page 458 Canadanthus G. L. Nesom
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