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Mojave Woodyaster
Xylorhiza tortifolia
  
3 Nurseries Carry This Plant

About Mojave Woodyaster (Xylorhiza tortifolia) 3 Nurseries Carry This Plant Xylorhiza tortifolia is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names Mojave-aster and Mojave woodyaster. It is native to the deserts of the southwestern United States, where it grows in canyons and other habitat. It is a perennial herb or subshrub with branching, hairy, glandular stems that reach 60 to 80 centimeters in length. The leaves are linear, lance-shaped, or oval, with pointed or spiny tips and spiny edges. The leaf surfaces are hairy and glandular. The inflorescence is a solitary flower head borne on a long peduncle. The head has a base with long, narrow phyllaries which may be over 2 centimeters long. The head contains up to 60 or more lavender, pale blue, or white ray florets which may be over 3 centimeters long. The fruit is an achene which may be over a centimeter long, including its pappus of bristles.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Perennial herb

Size
Size
2 ft tall

Wildlife Supported
 


 
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 2 confirmed , 2 likely * ) SHOW ALL
Cucullia intermedia Image
Intermediate Cucullia Cucullia intermediaCucullia intermedia
Schinia ligeae Image
Schinia ligeaeSchinia ligeae
*
Chlosyne acastus Image
Sagebrush Checkerspot Chlosyne acastusChlosyne acastus
*
Hyles lineata Image
White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineataHyles lineata

Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Full Sun

Moisture
Moisture
Extremely Low, Very Low

Nurseries
Nurseries
Carried by 3

Ease of Care
Ease of Care
Moderately Easy

Soil Drainage
Soil Drainage
fast

Common uses
Common uses
Groundcovers, Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens

Propagation
Propagation?
For propagating by seed: No treatment.

Natural Setting
Site Type
Site Type
Dry canyons

Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 1.9" - 20.2", Summer Precipitation: 0.17" - 2.89", Coldest Month: 33.7" - 60.8", Hottest Month: 62.9" - 89.5", Humidity: 2.28" - 47.01", Elevation: -44" - 6547"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Mojave Aster, Mojave-aster


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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