Asteraceae
Hairy false goldenaster
Heterotheca polothrix
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Heterotheca
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Hairy false goldenaster
Synonyms
- Chrysopsis villosa var. scabra Eastw.
- Chrysopsis viscida subsp. cinerascens S.F.Blake
- Heterotheca horrida subsp. cinerascens (S.F.Blake) Semple
- Heterotheca villosa var. scabra (Eastw.) Semple
Photos

Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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). About our plant data.