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Asteraceae

Woolly goat chicory

Agoseris apargioides (Less.) Greene

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Agoseris

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Woolly goat chicory: Agoseris apargioides Photographed at Abbott's Lagoon, Point Reyes National Seashore , Marin County, California.
Photo: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Woolly goat chicory

Synonyms

  • Agoseris apargioides subsp. apargioides
  • Agoseris apargioides subsp. maritima (E.Sheld.) Q.Jones
  • Agoseris apargioides var. eastwoodiae (Fedde) Munz
  • Agoseris apargioides var. maritima (E.Sheld.) G.I.Baird
  • Agoseris eastwoodiae Fedde
  • Agoseris humilis Kuntze
  • Agoseris maritima E.Sheld.
  • Agoseris maritima Eastw.
  • Barkhausia lessingii Hook. & Arn.
  • Macrorhynchus humilis Benth.
  • Macrorhynchus lessingii Hook. & Arn.
  • Microrhynchus humilis Benth.
  • Stylopappus lessingii D.Dietr.
  • Troximon apargioides Less.
  • Troximon humile A.Gray

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.