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Heterotheca pumila
Also called Alpine Golden Aster, Alpine False Golden Aster
Heterotheca pumila, the alpine goldenaster, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It grows in alpine and subalpine regions in the mountains of the western United States. It has been found the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico.
Typically, it typically grows up to about 15 inches tall, and blooms between July and September. Appearance-wise, it has multiple yellow flowers on top of a roundish mound of green-gray leaves. It is described to have a "strongly pungent" smell.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Heterotheca pumila 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.
