Heterotheca villosa

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Heterotheca villosa
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Status TNC G5.svg
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Heterotheca
Species:
H. villosa
Binomial name
Heterotheca villosa
Synonyms [1]
Synonymy
  • Amellus villosusPursh
  • Aster gracilentusBanks ex DC.
  • Chrysopsis mollisNutt.
  • Chrysopsis villosa(Pursh) Nutt. ex DC.
  • Diplogon falcatum(Pursh) Kuntze
  • Diplogon villosum(Pursh) Kuntze
  • Diplostephium hispidumNees ex DC.
  • Inula villosa(Pursh) Nutt.
  • Sideranthus integrifoliusNutt.
  • Chrysopsis ballardiiRydb.
  • Chrysopsis depressaRydb.
  • Heterotheca depressa(Rydb. ex Rydb.) Dorn
  • Chrysopsis butleriRydb.
  • Chrysopsis foliosaNutt.
  • Chrysopsis imbricataA.Nelson
  • Heterotheca foliosa(Nutt.) Shinners
  • Chrysopsis aridaA.Nelson
  • Chrysopsis asprellaGreene
  • Chrysopsis bakeriGreene
  • Chrysopsis columbianaGreene
  • Chrysopsis compactaGreene
  • Chrysopsis floribundaGreene
  • Chrysopsis grandisRydb.
  • Chrysopsis hirsutaGreene
  • Chrysopsis hirsutissimaGreene
  • Chrysopsis hispida(Hook.) DC.
  • Chrysopsis wisconsinensis(A.Gray)
  • Heterotheca wisconsinensis(Shinners) Shinners
  • Chrysopsis horridaRydb.
  • Heterotheca horrida(Rydb.) V.L.Harms
  • Chrysopsis pedunculataGreene

Heterotheca villosa, commonly known as the hairy goldenaster, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae found in central and western North America.

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Description

The plant grows to 50 centimetres (20 inches) in height and the leaves are 1.5–3 cm (581+18 in) in average length. Blooming from May to October, the flower head is about 2.5 cm (1 in) wide, with yellow ray and disk florets. The seeds have white bristles at the tip. [2] The species is somewhat difficult to identify, with a number of close relatives and many varieties. [2]

Varieties [1] [3] [4]

Distribution and habitat

The species is widespread across central and western North America, from Ontario west to British Columbia and south as far as Illinois, Kansas, Nuevo León, Guanajuato, and northern Baja California. [5] [3] [4] [6] [7] It grows on plains, rocky slopes and cliffs, at low elevations and in coniferous forests. [2]

Cultivation

The wildflower gardener Claude A. Barr regarded it as a useful plant in the garden for its masses of bright yellow flowers. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 The Plant List, villosa
  2. 1 2 3 Spellenberg, Richard (2001) [1979]. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Western Region (rev ed.). Knopf. pp. 379–380. ISBN   978-0-375-40233-3.
  3. 1 2 Flora of North America, Heterotheca villosa (Pursh) Shinners, 1951. Hairy goldenaster
  4. 1 2 University of Waterloo (Canada), Astereae Lab, Heterotheca villosa photos, drawings, distribution maps for each variety
  5. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  6. SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter photos, description, distribution map
  7. Tropicos, specimen listing for Heterotheca villosa (Pursh) Shinners
  8. Barr, Claude A. (1983). Jewels of the plains : wild flowers of the Great Plains grasslands and hills. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. p. 56. ISBN   0-8166-1127-0.