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Western goldentop

Euthamia occidentalis

Also called Western goldenrod, Western Fragrant Goldenrod

Western goldentop
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Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
SW. Canada to Mexico (N. Baja California Norte)
Climate
temperate

About

Euthamia occidentalis is a flowering plant, known by the common names western flat topped goldenrod, western goldentop and western goldenrod, in the family Asteraceae.

Where it grows

It is a common plant of western North America, from British Columbia and Alberta, the Western United States (from the Pacific as far east as Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico), and Baja California. It is most likely to be found near water, such as wetlands, ditches, and marshes.

Other Euthamia plants

Slender goldentop · Flat-top goldentop · Texas goldentop · Bushy goldentop · Goldentop

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Euthamia occidentalis 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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