Index / Search / Machaeranthera canescens
§1 Plant
Machaeranthera canescens (Pursh) A. Gray
vernacular hoary tansyaster — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Machaeranthera
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 313 counties across 18 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 313 counties across 18 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 9 N ▾
California view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Alpine 06003
- Colusa 06011
- El Dorado 06017
- Fresno 06019
- Glenn 06021
- Imperial 06025
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Lassen 06035
- Los Angeles 06037
- Mendocino 06045
- Modoc 06049
- Mono 06051
- Nevada 06057
- Placer 06061
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- Santa Clara 06085
- Shasta 06089
- Sierra 06091
- Siskiyou 06093
- Tehama 06103
- Trinity 06105
- Tulare 06107
- Tuolumne 06109
- Ventura 06111
Colorado view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Adams 08001
- Alamosa 08003
- Archuleta 08007
- Chaffee 08015
- Cheyenne 08017
- Conejos 08021
- Costilla 08023
- Custer 08027
- Delta 08029
- Douglas 08035
- El Paso 08041
- Fremont 08043
- Garfield 08045
- Grand 08049
- Huerfano 08055
- Jackson 08057
- Jefferson 08059
- Kit Carson 08063
- La Plata 08067
- Larimer 08069
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Park 08093
- Pitkin 08097
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Rio Grande 08105
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- San Miguel 08113
- Summit 08117
- Washington 08121
- Weld 08123
Idaho view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Ada 16001
- Adams 16003
- Bannock 16005
- Bear Lake 16007
- Bingham 16011
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Butte 16023
- Camas 16025
- Canyon 16027
- Caribou 16029
- Cassia 16031
- Clark 16033
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Gem 16045
- Gooding 16047
- Idaho 16049
- Jefferson 16051
- Lemhi 16059
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Nez Perce 16069
- Oneida 16071
- Owyhee 16073
- Power 16077
- Teton 16081
- Twin Falls 16083
- Valley 16085
- Washington 16087
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fergus 30027
- Gallatin 30031
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Hill 30041
- Jefferson 30043
- Liberty 30051
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Powell 30077
- Ravalli 30081
- Rosebud 30087
- Silver Bow 30093
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Baker 41001
- Benton 41003
- Crook 41013
- Deschutes 41017
- Douglas 41019
- Gilliam 41021
- Harney 41025
- Jackson 41029
- Jefferson 41031
- Josephine 41033
- Klamath 41035
- Lake 41037
- Lane 41039
- Malheur 41045
- Marion 41047
- Morrow 41049
- Sherman 41055
- Umatilla 41059
- Union 41061
- Wallowa 41063
- Wasco 41065
- Washington 41067
- Wheeler 41069
South Dakota view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Davis 49011
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Morgan 49029
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Washington view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 20 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MACA2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3117073 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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