PLANTS Profile for Amsonia tomentosa (woolly bluestar)

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PLANTS Profile

Amsonia tomentosa Torr. & Frém.
woolly bluestar

Symbol:

AMTO2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Apocynaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Amsonia tomentosa Torr. & Frém.

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Amsonia tomentosa Torr. & Frém.

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Distribution:
Amsonia tomentosa Torr. & Frém.


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USA (AZ, CA, NM, NV, TX, UT)

Related Taxa:
Amsonia tomentosa Torr. & Frém.

View 40 genera in Apocynaceae, 16 species in Amsonia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Amsonia tomentosa Torr. & Frém. var. stenophylla Kearney & Peebles. .

Amsonia tomentosa var. stenophylla
woolly bluestar

Distribution of Amsonia tomentosa Torr. & Frém. var. tomentosa. . Image Available.

Amsonia tomentosa var. tomentosa
woolly bluestar

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Amsonia tomentosa Torr. & Frém.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Gentianales
Family	Apocynaceae – Dogbane family
Genus	Amsonia Walter – bluestar
Species	Amsonia tomentosa Torr. & Frém. – woolly bluestar

More Accounts and Images:
Amsonia tomentosa Torr. & Frém.

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View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30150.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 09:53 PM CDT