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.

Exact synonyms: Sticky Aster
Generic synonyms: Wild Flower, Wildflower
Group relationships: Genus Machaeranthera, Machaeranthera

Lexicographical Neighbors of Machaeranthera Bigelovii

Macewen's sign
Macewen's symptom
Macewen's triangle
Macgillycuddy's Reeks
Mach
Mach's band
Mach's principle
Mach Zehnder system
Mach effect
Mach line
Mach number
Macha
Machado-Guerreiro test
Machado-Joseph
Machaeranthera
Machaeranthera bigelovii (current term)
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
Machaeranthera tortifoloia
Machame
Machead
Macheads
Machen
Machiavel
Machiavelli
Machiavellian
Machiavellianism
Machiavellians
Machiavellis
Machilidae
Machin

Literary usage of Machaeranthera bigelovii

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

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. ..."

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