A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum
Checklist » Asteraceae
Asteraceae[FNA19, HC2](Aster Family)
Synonyms:
Compositae[HC]
Notes: Many taxonomic and nomenclatural changes have occurred within Asteraceae since the publication of Hitchcock and Cronquist (1973). The Flora of North America project(FNA) published the Asteraceae volumes in 2007, and that has served as the primary literature resource for the taxonomy and nomenclature provided here. Some of the introduced taxa in Washington belonging to this family are not included in the FNA volumes. Many of these can be found in Stace's New Flora of the British Isles (1997). Ken Chambers and Scott Sundberg provided a treatment of the Asteraceae for the Oregon Flora Project (OFP), and some of their taxonomic decisions are followed here rather than what is provided in FNA.
References:
» Barkley, T. M. 1999. The segregates of Senecio, s.l., and Cacalia, s.l., in the Flora of North America north of Mexico. Sida 18: 661-672.
Family information last updated 12/5/2008 by David Giblin.
Taxon (native taxa in boldface)
Common Names
# Synonyms
western boneset, western snakeroot
1 synonym
Agoseris retrorsa (Benth.) Greene[FNA19, HC, HC2]
spear leaved agoseris, spear leaf goat-chicory
2 synonyms
Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hook.[FNA21, HC, HC2]
flat spine bur-ragweed, annual bursage, bur ragweed
1 synonym
Ambrosia chamissonis (Less.) Greene[FNA21, HC, HC2]
silver beachweed, beach bur, cutleaf beach bur, silver bur-ragweed
6 synonyms
Antennaria dimorpha (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray[FNA19, HC, HC2]
cushion pussytoes, low pussytoes
7 synonyms
Antennaria flagellaris (A. Gray) A. Gray[FNA19, HC, HC2]
stoloniferous pussytoes, whip pussytoes
1 synonym
Antennaria luzuloides Torr. & A. Gray[FNA19, HC, HC2]
silvery-brown pussytoes, woodrush pussytoes
0 synonyms
Antennaria microphylla Rydb.[FNA19, HC, HC2]
little-leaf pussytoes, rosy pussytoes, white pussytoes
11 synonyms
Arnica chamissonis Less.[FNA21, HC, HC2]
leafy arnica, meadow arnica, narrowleaf arnica, silvery arnica, leafy leapordbane
9 synonyms
ssp. prima (Maguire) Strother & S.J. Wolf[FNA21, HC2]
clasping arnica, streambank arnica, streambank leopardbane
5 synonyms
Arnica latifolia Bong.[FNA21, HC, HC2]
broad-leaved arnica, mountain arnica, daffodil leopardbane
1 synonym
Arnica longifolia D.C. Eaton[FNA21, HC, HC2]
longleaf arnica, seep spring arnica, spear-leaf leopardbane
1 synonym
Arnica mollis Hook.[FNA21, HC, HC2]
cordilleran arnica, hairy arnica, cordilleran leopardbane
0 synonyms
Arnica nevadensis A. Gray[FNA21, HC, HC2]
Nevada arnica, Sierra arnica, Sierran leopardbane
1 synonym
Arnica rydbergii Greene[FNA21, HC, HC2]
Rydberg's arnica, subalpine arnica, subalpine leopardbane
0 synonyms
Columbia Islands sagewort, Wormskiold's wormwood sagewort
0 synonyms
Artemisia douglasiana Besser[FNA19, HC, HC2]
Douglas's mugwort, Douglas's sagewort, Douglas's wormwood
1 synonym
Artemisia michauxiana Besser[FNA19, HC, HC2]
Michaux's mugwort, lemon sagewort, Michaux's wormwood
1 synonym
Artemisia stelleriana Besser[FNA19, HC2]
dusty miller, old-woman, beach wormwood, Steller's wormwood
0 synonyms
Artemisia suksdorfii Piper[FNA19, HC, HC2]
coastal mugwort, Suksdorf's sagewort, coastal wormwood
1 synonym
Balsamorhiza hookeri Nutt.[FNA21, HC, HC2]
hairy balsamroot, hare's head balsamroot, Hooker's balsamroot
5 synonyms
Balsamorhiza serrata A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr.[FNA21, HC, HC2]
serrrate balsamroot, toothed balsamroot
0 synonyms
Brickellia grandiflora (Hook.) Nutt.[FNA21, HC, HC2]
tasselflower brickellbush, large flowered tasselflower, large flowered thoroughwort
1 synonym
Brickellia oblongifolia Nutt.[FNA21, HC, HC2]
narrow-leaved brickellbush, narrow-leaved thoroughwort
0 synonyms
Canadanthus modestus (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom[FNA20, HC2]
few-flowered aster, great northern aster
6 synonyms
Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis[FNA19, HC, HC2]
slender flowered thistle, winged plumeless thistle
1 synonym
Centaurea ×gerstlaueri Erdner[FNA, HC2]
hybrid knapweed, meadow knapweed, protean knapweed
4 synonyms
Centaurea montana L.[FNA19, HC, HC2]
mountain bluet, mountain cornflower, montane star-thistle
0 synonyms
Chaenactis douglasii (Hook.) Hook. & Arn.[FNA21, HC, HC2]
hoary chaenactis, hoary false-yarrow
0 synonyms
ssp. lanceolatus (Nutt.) H.M. Hall & Clem.[FNA20, HC2]
sticky-leaf rabbitbrush, yellow rabbitbrush
2 synonyms
ssp. viscidiflorus[FNA20, HC2]
sticky flowered rabbitbrush, sticky-leaf rabbitbrush, yellow rabbitbrush
7 synonyms
Cirsium remotifolium (Hook.) DC.[FNA19, HC, HC2]
few-leaf thistle, Pacific fringed thistle, remote-leaved thistle, weak thistle
7 synonyms
Columbiadoria hallii (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom[FNA20, HC2]
Columbia River daisy, Hall's goldenweed
1 synonym
Crepis intermedia A. Gray[FNA19, HC, HC2]
gray hawksbeard, intermediate hawksbeard, limestone hawksbeard
0 synonyms
Crepis runcinata (E. James) Torr. & A. Gray[FNA19, HC, HC2]
dandelion hawksbeard, meadow hawksbeard
0 synonyms
Crepis tectorum L.[FNA19, HC, HC2]
annual hawksbeard, narrow leaf hawksbeard, rooftop hawksbeard
0 synonyms
Cyclachaena xanthiifolia (Nutt.) Fresenius[FNA21, HC2]
carelessweed, burweed marsh-elder, tall marsh-elder
2 synonyms
Doronicum willdenowii (Rouy) A.W.Hill[New Flora of the British Isles, 2nd Edition]
Willdenow's leopard-bane
0 synonyms
Eatonella nivea (D.C. Eaton) A. Gray[FNA21, HC, HC2]
white Eatonella, white false tickhead
1 synonym
Ericameria bloomeri (A. Gray) J.F. Macbr.[FNA20, HC2]
Bloomer's goldenweed, rabbitbrush goldenweed
4 synonyms
Ericameria greenei (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom[FNA20, HC2]
Greene's goldenweed, Greene's heath goldenweed
4 synonyms
common rabbit-brush
1 synonym
Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers.[FNA20, HC, HC2]
annual fleabane, eastern daisy fleabane, sweet scabrous fleabane
2 synonyms
Erigeron compositus Pursh[FNA20, HC, HC2]
cutleaf daisy, dwarf mountain fleabane, fernleaf fleabane, trifid mountain fleabane
4 synonyms
Erigeron disparipilus Cronquist[FNA20, HC, HC2]
Snake River fleabane, white cushion fleabane
0 synonyms
var. thompsonii (S.F. Blake ex J.W. Thomp.) Cronquist[FNA20, HC, HC2]
Thompson's wandering fleabane
1 synonym
Erigeron speciosus (Lindl.) DC.[FNA20, HC, HC2]
showy daisy, showy fleabane, splendid fleabane
6 synonyms
Eriophyllum lanatum (Pursh) J. Forbes[FNA21, HC, HC2]
Oregon sunshine, common woolly sunflower
0 synonyms
Galinsoga quadriradiata Ruiz & Pav.[FNA21, HC2]
ciliate galinsoga, shaggy galinsoga, quickweed
1 synonym
Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby[FNA20, HC, HC2]
kindlingweed, matchweed, broom snakeweed
0 synonyms
Helianthella uniflora (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray[FNA21, HC, HC2]
Rocky Mountain helianthella
0 synonyms
var. douglasii (Torr. & A. Gray) W.A. Weber[FNA20, HC, HC2]
Douglas helianthella, false sunflower
0 synonyms
Hemizonella minima (A. Gray) A. Gray[FNA21, HC2]
smallhead tarplant, least tarweed, small-head tarweed, smallhead tarweed
2 synonyms
Ionactis stenomeres (A. Gray) Greene[FNA20, HC2]
Rocky Mountain ankle-aster, Rocky Mountain aster
1 synonym
Lactuca ludoviciana (Nutt.) Riddell[FNA19, HC, HC2]
Louisiana lettuce, prairie lettuce, western lettuce
0 synonyms
Lasthenia maritima (A. Gray) M.C. Vasey[FNA21, HC2]
maritime goldfields, seaside goldfields
3 synonyms
Luina hypoleuca Benth.[FNA20, HC, HC2]
littleleaf luina, silverback luina, littleleaf silverback
0 synonyms
Madia citriodora Greene[FNA21, HC, HC2]
lemon-scented tarplant, lemon tarweed, lemon-scented tarweed
0 synonyms
Madia exigua (Sm.) A. Gray[FNA21, HC, HC2]
threadstem madia, little tarplant, little tarweed
0 synonyms
Madia glomerata Hook.[FNA21, HC, HC2]
mountain tarplant, cluster tarweed, mountain tarweed
0 synonyms
Madia gracilis (Sm.) D.D. Keck[FNA21, HC, HC2]
grassy tarplant, common tarweed, slender tarweed
1 synonym
Microseris bigelovii (A. Gray) Sch. Bip.[FNA19, HC, HC2]
coast microseris, coastal silverpuffs
0 synonyms
Microseris borealis (Bong.) Sch. Bip.[FNA19, HC2]
apargidium, bog microseris, northern silverpuffs
3 synonyms
ssp. leptosepala (Nutt.) K.L. Chambers[FNA19, HC2]
cut-leaved silverpuffs, cutleaf silverpuffs
1 synonym
Microseris nutans (Hook.) Sch. Bip.[FNA19, HC, HC2]
nodding microseris, nodding scorzonella, nodding silverpuffs
3 synonyms
narrowleaf goldenweed
2 synonyms
Nothocalais troximoides (A. Gray) Greene[FNA19, HC2]
weevil prairie dandelion, false agoseris
2 synonyms
var. harfordii (Greenm.) Trock & T.M. Barkley[FNA20, HC2]
Harford's groundsel, Harford's ragwort
2 synonyms
Packera indecora (Greene) Á. Löve & D. Löve[FNA20, HC2]
rayless mountain butterweed, elegant groundsel
1 synonym
Packera macounii (Greene) W.A. Weber & Á. Löve[FNA20, HC2]
Puget butterweed, long-rayed groundsel, Macoun's groundsel, Siskiyou Mountain ragwort
1 synonym
Packera pauciflora (Pursh) Á. Löve & D. Löve[FNA20, HC2]
rayless alpine butterweed, rayless alpine groundsel
1 synonym
Packera paupercula (Michx.) Á. Löve & D. Löve[FNA20, HC2]
Canadian butterweed, balsam groundsel
2 synonyms
Rocky Mountain butterweed, cleftleaf groundsel, Rocky Mountain groundsel
6 synonyms
Packera subnuda (DC.) Trock & T.M. Barkley[FNA20, HC2]
alpine meadow butterweed, few-leaved groundsel
4 synonyms
var. sagittatus (Pursh) Cherniawsky & R.J. Bayer[FNA20, HC2]
arrowhead sweet coltsfoot, arrowleaf coltsfoot
1 synonym
var. ×vitifolius (Greene) Cherniawsky & R.J. Bayer[FNA20, HC2, KZ99]
hybrid coltsfoot, Wenatchee coltsfoot
4 synonyms
Pseudognaphalium californicum (DC.) Anderb.[FNA19, HC2]
California cudweed, California everlasting
1 synonym
weedy cudweed, red-tip rabbit-tobacco, jersey rabbit tobacco
2 synonyms
Pseudognaphalium macounii (Greene) Kartesz[FNA19, HC2]
sticky cudweed, winded cudweed, Macoun's rabbit-tobacco, Macoun's rabbit tobacco
2 synonyms
slender cudweed, northwestern rabbit-tobacco
5 synonyms
Rudbeckia alpicola Piper[FNA21, HC2]
showy black-eyed Susan, Washington showy black-eyed Susan, Wenatchee Mountain showy black-eyed Susan
1 synonym
Rudbeckia laciniata L.[FNA21, HC, HC2]
green-headed black-eyed Susan, tall black-eyed Susan
0 synonyms
Rudbeckia occidentalis Nutt.[FNA21, HC, HC2]
western black-eyed Susan, western chocolate black-eyed Susan
2 synonyms
Senecio hydrophilus Nutt.[FNA20, HC, HC2]
alkali marsh butterweed, water groundsel, alkali marsh ragwort
1 synonym
var. exaltatus (Nutt.) Cronquist[FNA20, HC, HC2]
one-stemmed butterweed, lambs-tongue groundsel, tall western groundsel
2 synonyms
Senecio sylvaticus L.[FNA20, HC, HC2]
wood groundsel, woodland groundsel, woodland ragwort
0 synonyms
Sericocarpus rigidus Lindl.[FNA20, HC2]
Columbian white-topped aster, Columbian whitetop aster, rigid white-topped aster
1 synonym
var. salebrosa (Piper) Semple[FNA20, HC2]
Canada goldenrod, meadow goldenrod, Rocky Mountains Canada goldenrod
3 synonyms
ssp. uliginosus (M. Bieb.) Nyman[FNA19, HC2]
field sow-thistle, marsh sow-thistle, wet ground sow-thistle
2 synonyms
Stephanomeria paniculata Nutt.[FNA19, HC, HC2]
stiff-branched stephanomeria, stiff-branched wirelettuce
0 synonyms
Stephanomeria tenuifolia (Raf.) H.M. Hall[FNA19, HC, HC2]
wire lettuce, narrowleaf stephanomeria
3 synonyms
Symphyotrichum ascendens (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom[FNA20, HC2]
intermountain aster, long-leaved aster, western American aster, western aster
3 synonyms
northern bog aster, rush aster, slender white aster
3 synonyms
bracted aster, Eaton's aster, Oregon aster
2 synonyms
Symphyotrichum chilense (Nees) G.L. Nesom[FNA20, HC2]
common California aster, Pacific aster
4 synonyms
Symphyotrichum ciliatum (Ledeb.) G.L. Nesom[FNA20, HC2]
alkali American aster, rayless alkali aster, rayless annual aster
1 synonym
Symphyotrichum ericoides (L.) G.L. Nesom[FNA20, HC2]
heath-leaved aster, tufted white prairie aster
0 synonyms
var. pansum (S.F. Blake) G.L. Nesom[FNA20, HC2]
little gray aster, tufted white prairie aster, white heath aster
4 synonyms
alpine leafybract aster, Canby's leafybract aster, Cusick's American aster, Cusick's aster, Henderson's aster, Kootenai aster, leafy aster, leafy-bracted aster, Parry's aster
16 synonyms
Symphyotrichum frondosum (Nutt.) G.L. Nesom[FNA20, HC2]
alkali aster, short rayed aster, short-rayed alkali aster
2 synonyms
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (Willd.) G.L. Nesom[FNA20, HC2]
marsh aster, western willow aster
0 synonyms
var. hesperium (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom[FNA20, HC2]
lance-leaved aster, panicled aster, white panicled aster
1 synonym
Symphyotrichum spathulatum (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom[FNA20, HC2]
western aster, western mountain aster
8 synonyms
Tripleurospermum inodorum (L.) Sch. Bip.[FNA19, HC2]
false chamomile, false mayweed, scentless mayweed
6 synonyms
Wyethia amplexicaulis (Nutt.) Nutt.[FNA21, HC, HC2]
northern mule's ears, smooth dwarf sunflower
0 synonyms
Wyethia angustifolia (DC.) Nutt.[FNA21, HC, HC2]
narrowleaf mule's ears, narrowleaf wyethia
3 synonyms
