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Heterotheca villosa
Also called Hairy Goldenaster, Golden Aster
Hairy goldenaster is a North American wildflower with bright yellow daisy-like flower heads from May to October. It is a tough, drought-tolerant perennial that thrives in dry, sunny, open ground.
Heterotheca villosa, commonly known as the hairy goldenaster, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae found in central and western North America.
The wildflower gardener Claude A. Barr regarded it as a useful plant in the garden for its masses of bright yellow flowers.
The species is widespread across central and western North America, from Ontario west to British Columbia and south as far as Illinois, Kansas, Nuevo León, Guanajuato, and northern Baja California. It grows well on dry lands, but also on plains, rocky slopes and cliffs, at low elevations and in coniferous forests.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Heterotheca villosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
