Definition of Machaeranthera bigelovii
1. Noun. Wild aster having leafy stems and flower heads with narrow bright reddish-lavender or purple rays; western Colorado to Arizona.
Generic synonyms: Wild Flower, Wildflower
Group relationships: Genus Machaeranthera, Machaeranthera
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Literary usage of Machaeranthera bigelovii
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1. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter (1909)
"M. par^cJ/iia A. Neis. 1. с.,—In the ca£ons of Utah i'Garrett;. 7. Machaeranthera Bigelovii 'Gray; Greene. 1. c. Stems 3—7 dm. high, leafy, branching above, ..."
2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (1915)
"Prominent among those in flower or fruit in August and September were several species of Eri- geron, machaeranthera bigelovii, Aster laevis and A. ..."