Asteraceae
Whitehead mule-ears
Wyethia helenioides
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Wyethia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Whitehead mule-ears
Synonyms
- Alarconia helenioides DC.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Bradley Soares, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: E C, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: christine Lesca Maillard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: christine Lesca Maillard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Kat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, 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.