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Cottony goldenaster

Chrysopsis gossypina

Cottony goldenaster
Photo: (c) Ashwin Srinivasan, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
SE. U.S.A.

About

Chrysopsis gossypina, the cottony goldenaster, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States, from eastern Louisiana to southeastern Virginia.

Chrysopsis gossypina is a biennial or short-lived perennial up to 70 cm tall. One plant can produce as many as 30 small, yellow flower heads, each head with both ray florets and disc florets. The species can grow in a variety of habitats and sometimes hybridizes with related species.

Other Chrysopsis plants

Delaney's Goldenaster · Florida goldenaster · Godfrey's goldenaster · Chrysopsis highlandsensis · Lynn Haven goldenaster · Pineland goldenaster · Narrowleaf goldenaster · Maryland goldenaster · Coastal plain goldenaster · Scrubland goldenaster · Goldenaster

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chrysopsis gossypina by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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