Asteraceae
Hoary false goldenaster
Heterotheca canescens
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Heterotheca
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Hoary false goldenaster
Synonyms
- Chrysopsis berlandieri Greene
- Chrysopsis canescens var. canescens
- Chrysopsis villosa var. canescens (DC.) A.Gray
- Haplopappus canescens DC.
- Haplopappus canescens var. canescens
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Cody Stricker, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.