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Asteraceae

Hairy false goldenaster

Heterotheca polothrix G.L.Nesom

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Heterotheca

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Hairy false goldenaster: Heterotheca villosa var. scabra in Pine Creek Canyon, Red Rock Canyon , Spring Mountains , southern Nevada
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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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

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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.