Dieteria asteroides, the fall tansyaster, is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to the southwestern United States (California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah) and northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora, Baja California).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Fall tansyaster being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Dieteria canescens
- Dieteria bigelovii
- Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
- Machaeranthera tagetina
- Symphyotrichum campestre
- Townsendia eximia
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Dieteria
- Species
- Dieteria asteroides
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