Asteraceae
Camphorweed
Heterotheca subaxillaris
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Heterotheca
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Camphorweed, Golden-aster, Telegraph weed
- Hebrew
- טיונית החולות
- Spanish
- Árnica
Synonyms
- Calycium divaricatum Elliott
- Calycium scabrum Elliott
- Chrysopsis scabra Elliott
- Diplopappus scaber Hook.
- Heterotheca chrysopsidis DC.
- Heterotheca lamarckii Cass.
- Heterotheca scabra DC.
- Heterotheca scabra var. scabra
- Heterotheca subaxillaris subsp. subaxillaris
- Heterotheca subaxillaris var. subaxillaris
- Inula scabra Pursh
- Inula subaxillaris Lam.
- Stelmanis scabra Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: M ath K night, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: RickP 19:03, 8 November 2006, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M ath K night, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 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.