Dieteria canescens (formerly Machaeranthera canescens) is an annual plant or short lived perennial plant in the family Asteraceae, known by the common names hoary tansyaster and hoary-aster.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Hoary 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 asteroides
- Dieteria bigelovii
- Machaeranthera tagetina
- Symphyotrichum campestre
- Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Dieteria
- Species
- Dieteria canescens
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