Asteraceae
Alpine false goldenaster
Heterotheca pumila
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Heterotheca
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Alpine false goldenaster
Synonyms
- Chrysopsis alpicola Rydb.
- Chrysopsis alpicola var. alpicola
- Chrysopsis alpicola var. glomerata A.Nelson
- Chrysopsis cooperi A.Nelson
- Chrysopsis pumila Greene
- Chrysopsis villosa var. glomerata (A.Nelson) V.L.Harms
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Eylisia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, 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.