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Sessileflower false goldenaster

Heterotheca sessiliflora

Also called Sessile Flower Golden Aster, Sessile Hairy Golden Aster

Sessileflower false goldenaster
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
SW. California to Mexico (NW. Baja California)
Climate
subtropical

About

Heterotheca sessiliflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name sessileflower false goldenaster. It is native to California, Sonora, and Baja California.

Heterotheca sessiliflora grows in many types of habitats. It is a perennial herb which is quite variable in appearance, particularly across its four subspecies. It may be a small clumping or mat-forming plant or grow tall stems to heights exceeding a meter. It is coated in small bristles or long woolly hairs and it is glandular, particularly around the inflorescence. The flower head contains long yellowish disc florets and the edge is fringed with yellow ray florets.

Other Heterotheca plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Heterotheca sessiliflora 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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