Dieteria asteroides
A common plant in relatively mesic areas of southern New Mexico. Formerly in the genus Machaeranthera and readily distinguished from D. canescens by the much longer free portions of the phyllaries.
Pseudanthia on the east side of the Big Burro Mountains, 22 Sep 2007.
A halved pseudanthium showing immature achenes, east side of the Big Burro Mountains, 22 Sep 2007.
A pseudanthium from below, showing the phyllaries, 22 Sep 2007.
A cauline leaf, east side of the Big Burro Mountains, 22 Sep 2007.
A pseudanthium along the Pine Tree Trail at Aguirre Springs on the east side of the Organ Mts., 9/17/05.
Cauline leaves at Emory Pass in the Black Range, 9/18/05.