Asteraceae
New Mexico tansyaster
Psilactis asteroides
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Psilactis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- New Mexico tansyaster
Synonyms
- Aster boltoniae Greene
- Machaeranthera boltoniae (Greene) B.L.Turner & D.B.Horne
- Psilactis leptos Shinners
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oscar C. González Martínez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oscar C. González Martínez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oscar C. González Martínez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oscar González, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oscar González, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.