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Asteraceae

Woolly mock goldenweed

Stenotus lanuginosus Greene

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Stenotus

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Woolly mock goldenweed: Woolly Mock Goldenweed
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
English
Woolly mock goldenweed

Synonyms

  • Aster pickeringii Kuntze
  • Haplopappus lanuginosus A.Gray
  • Haplopappus lanuginosus subsp. lanuginosus
  • Haplopappus lanuginosus var. lanuginosus
  • Hoorebekia lanuginosa (A.Gray) Piper

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
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.