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Corethrogyne
Sign in to saveCorethrogyne is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Its only species is Corethrogyne filaginifolia (syn. Lessingia filaginifolia), known by the common names common sandaster and California aster. Note that Symphyotrichum chilense shares its common name of California aster.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 71
- With media
- 60
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- DAV, CMN, IBUNAM, UCSC, BAYLU, CDA
- Recorded in
- United States
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Distribution and habitat
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Corethrogyne is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Its only species is Corethrogyne filaginifolia (syn. Lessingia filaginifolia), known by the common names common sandaster and California aster. Note that Symphyotrichum chilense shares its common name of California aster.
==Description== Corethrogyne filaginifolia is a robust perennial herb or subshrub producing a simple to multibranched stem approaching in maximum length or height. The densely woolly leaves are several centimeters long and toothed or lobed low on the stem and smaller higher up the stem.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Corethrogyne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.