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Asteraceae

Annual bristleweed

Xanthisma gracile (Nutt.) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Xanthisma

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Annual bristleweed: Slender goldenweed (Xanthisma gracile syn. Machaeranthera gracilis), Aster family (Asteraceae). Along the Parus Trail, Zion Nat. Park, Utah.
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Arabic
صفرانة نحيلة
English
Annual bristleweed, Slender goldenweed

Synonyms

  • Aster dieteria Kuntze
  • Dieteria gracilis Nutt.
  • Eriocarpum gracile (Nutt.) Greene
  • Haplopappus gracilis A.Gray
  • Haplopappus ravenii R.C.Jacks.
  • Machaeranthera gracilis (Nutt.) Shinners
  • Sideranthus gracilis (Nutt.) A.Nelson

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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). About our plant data.