Boltonia (plant)

Boltonia is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae native primarily to North America with one species in eastern Asia.^[2][4]

Boltonia
Boltonia asteroides var. latisquama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Astereae
Subtribe:	Boltoniinae
Genus:	Boltonia L'Hér.
Type species
Boltonia glastifolia (syn of B. asteroides) (Hill) L'Hér.[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
Actartife Raf. Cacotanis Raf.

Species

Boltonia contains 7 species.^[3][5]

• Boltonia apalachicolensis - Apalachicola doll's daisy - Florida Panhandle
• Boltonia asteroides - white doll's daisy - USA (primarily Great Plains + Mississippi Valley, w scattered locations in eastern + northwestern US); Saskatchewan, Manitoba
• Boltonia caroliniana - Carolina doll's daisy - North + South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia
• Boltonia decurrens - claspingleaf doll's daisy, decurrent false aster - Illinois, Missouri, Iowa
• Boltonia diffusa - smallhead doll's daisy - United States (Southeast + Lower Mississippi Valley)
• Boltonia lautureana - Japan, Korea, China, Russia (Primorye, Khabarovsk, Amur Oblast, Irkutsk, Zabaykalsky Krai)
• Boltonia montana - Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia