PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Derek J Tilley TI - Notice of release of Amethyst Germplasm hoary tansyaster: selected class of natural germplasm AID - 10.3368/npj.16.1.54 DP - 2015 Mar 20 TA - Native Plants Journal PG - 54--60 VI - 16 IP - 1 4099 - http://npj.uwpress.org/content/16/1/54.short 4100 - http://npj.uwpress.org/content/16/1/54.full SO - NATIVE PLANTS JOURNAL2015 Mar 20; 16 AB - The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, Idaho, announces the release of Amethyst Germplasm hoary tansyaster (Machaeranthera canescens (Pursh) A. Gray [Asteraceae]), a selected class natural track germplasm identified by NRCS accession number 9076670 for conservation plantings in the Intermountain US. Amethyst Germplasm hoary tansyaster is a native forb collected near St Anthony Sand Dunes in Fremont County, Idaho. This forb flowers and produces seed during the first growing season and provides late summer and early fall blossoms for native pollinators. It is recommended for pollinator plantings, wildlife areas, and rangeland rehabilitation seedings in arid to semiarid plant communities where native forb diversity is desirable.