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Asteraceae

Pingue rubberweed

Hymenoxys richardsonii Cockerell

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Hymenoxys

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Pingue rubberweed: Hymenoxys richardsonii is most common in the sagebrush steppe of this area where native cover is high and is rarely in disturbance-prone settings.
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
English
Pingue rubberweed, Hymenoxis richardsonii, Pingue hymenoxys
French
Hyménoxys de Richardson
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Néʼéjaaʼilkeeʼí

Synonyms

  • Actinea biennis Kuntze
  • Actinea richardsonii Kuntze
  • Actinella richardsonii (Hook.) Nutt.
  • Actinella richardsonii var. richardsonii
  • Hymenoxys richardsonii subsp. richardsonii
  • Picradenia biennis Greene
  • Picradenia richardsonii subsp. richardsonii
  • Picradenia richardsonii var. richardsonii

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

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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.