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Lemonyellow false goldenaster

Heterotheca camporum

Also called Prairie Golden Aster

Lemonyellow false goldenaster
Photo: Mason Brock (Masebrock), Public domain
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
EC. & SE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Heterotheca camporum, known by the common name lemonyellow false goldenaster, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in the central United States, primarily the Ozarks, the Cumberland Plateau, and the middle Mississippi Valley. There are reports of additional populations in the Northeast, the Southeast, and in the Great Lakes region, but these appear to be waifs or naturalizations.

Heterotheca camporum is a perennial herb growing 150 centimeters (5 feet) in height, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. There can be as many as 100 stems from one clone. Each stem can produce 1-24 flower heads in flat-topped arrays Each head contains 16–38 ray florets surrounding 23–66 tiny disc florets at the center.

Other Heterotheca plants

Spokane false goldenaster · Heterotheca brandegeei · Hoary false goldenaster · Rockyscree false goldenaster · Telegraphweed · Heterotheca gypsophila · Hartman’s False Goldenaster · Jones' false goldenaster · Sonora false goldenaster · Heterotheca mexicana · Sequoia false goldenaster · Heterotheca mucronata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Heterotheca camporum 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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