Asteraceae
Mule-ears
Wyethia amplexicaulis
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Wyethia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Mule-ears
Synonyms
- Espeletia amplexicaulis Nutt.
- Wyethia amplexicaulis subsp. amplexicaulis
- Wyethia amplexicaulis subsp. major Piper
- Wyethia amplexicaulis subsp. subresinosa Piper
- Wyethia lanceolata Howell
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 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.