| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Xylorhiza glabriuscula Nutt. trib. Astereae |
| Bibliography | Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 7: 297 (1840) |
| Native Range | nw. USA to South Dakota and Utah |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 1100-2300m |
| Description | usually glabrous, stem leaves crowded, oblanceolate, 2-6cm long, capitula solitary, glabrous pedunculate, disc 12-25mm in diam., ligules 1-2cm long |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Aster glabriusculs (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray Aster glabriusculus var. parryi (A.Gray) Onno Aster glabriusculus var. typicus Onno Aster parryi A.Gray Aster xylorhiza Torr. & A.Gray Machaeranthera glabriuscula (Nutt.) Cronquist & D.D.Keck Machaeranthera glabriuscula var. villosa (Nutt.) Cronquist & D.D.Keck Xylorhiza glabriuscula var. villosa (Nutt.) A.Nelson Xylorhiza parryi (A.Gray) Greene Xylorhiza villosa Nutt. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |