Synonyms:

• Basionym: Aster spinosus Benth.
• (≡) Leucosyris spinosa (Benth.) Greene

Common names:

• Mexican devilweed  (Source: F Tex) - English
• spiny-aster  (Source: Aster Louisiana) - English

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Oklahoma]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Louisiana (s.w.)]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California (s.), Nevada (s.), Utah (s.)]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Baja Norte, Baja Sur]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca]

Southern America

• CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama (w.)

References:

1. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. 1970 (F Tex)
2. Cronquist, A. et al. Intermountain flora. 1972- (Intermt F)
3. Gandhi, K.N. & R. D. Thomas Asteraceae of Louisiana. 1989 (Aster Louisiana)
4. Hickman, J. C., ed. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. 1993 (F CalifJep)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=420196. Accessed 4 julio 2024.