Heterotheca villosa

Heterotheca villosa

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Heterotheca
Species:
H. villosa
Binomial name
Heterotheca villosa
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Amellus villosus Pursh
  • Aster gracilentus Banks ex DC.
  • Chrysopsis mollis Nutt.
  • Chrysopsis villosa (Pursh) Nutt. ex DC.
  • Diplogon falcatum (Pursh) Kuntze
  • Diplogon villosum (Pursh) Kuntze
  • Diplostephium hispidum Nees ex DC.
  • Inula villosa (Pursh) Nutt.
  • Sideranthus integrifolius Nutt.
  • Chrysopsis ballardii Rydb.
  • Chrysopsis depressa Rydb.
  • Heterotheca depressa (Rydb. ex Rydb.) Dorn
  • Chrysopsis butleri Rydb.
  • Chrysopsis foliosa Nutt.
  • Chrysopsis imbricata A.Nelson
  • Heterotheca foliosa (Nutt.) Shinners
  • Chrysopsis arida A.Nelson
  • Chrysopsis asprella Greene
  • Chrysopsis bakeri Greene
  • Chrysopsis columbiana Greene
  • Chrysopsis compacta Greene
  • Chrysopsis floribunda Greene
  • Chrysopsis grandis Rydb.
  • Chrysopsis hirsuta Greene
  • Chrysopsis hirsutissima Greene
  • Chrysopsis hispida (Hook.) DC.
  • Chrysopsis wisconsinensis (A.Gray)
  • Heterotheca wisconsinensis (Shinners) Shinners
  • Chrysopsis horrida Rydb.
  • Heterotheca horrida (Rydb.) V.L.Harms
  • Chrysopsis pedunculata Greene

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.

Description

Hairy golden aster can grow from 5 to 70 centimeters (2 to 28 in) tall, but is more typically 16 to 40 cm (6 to 16 in) tall. Their leaves may be as long as 60 cm (24 in), but are more often 22 to 40 cm (9 to 16 in) in length.[2] Blooming from May to October, the flower head is about 2.5 cm (1 in) wide, with yellow ray and disk florets. The seeds have white bristles at the tip.[3] The species can be difficult to identify, as it has a number of close relatives and many varieties.[3]

Varieties[1][4][5]
  • Heterotheca villosa var. ballardii (Rydb.) Semple - northern Great Plains in US and Canada
  • Heterotheca villosa var. depressa (Rydb.) Semple - Wyoming
  • Heterotheca villosa var. foliosa (Nutt.) V.L.Harms - Rockies, Black Hills, northern Cascades, etc.
  • Heterotheca villosa var. minor (Hook.) Semple - Rockies, Cascades, Sierra Nevada, etc.
  • Heterotheca villosa var. nana (A.Gray) Semple - Rockies + other mountains from South Dakota to Arizona
  • Heterotheca villosa var. pedunculata (Greene) V.L.Harms ex Semple - Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah
  • Heterotheca villosa var. scabra (Eastw.) Semple - Mexico, southwestern USA
  • Heterotheca villosa var. sierrablancensis Semple - New Mexico
  • Heterotheca villosa var. villosa - northern Great Plains, Columbia Plateau, etc.

Distribution and habitat

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.[6][4][5][7][8] It grows well on dry lands,[9] but also on plains, rocky slopes and cliffs, at low elevations and in coniferous forests.[3]

Cultivation

The wildflower gardener Claude A. Barr regarded it as a useful plant in the garden for its masses of bright yellow flowers.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b The Plant List, villosa
  2. ^ Semple, John C. (29 July 2020) [1993]. "Heterotheca villosa". Flora of North America. p. 2. ISBN 9780195305647. OCLC 179887072. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Spellenberg, Richard (2001) [1979]. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Western Region (rev ed.). Knopf. pp. 379–380. ISBN 978-0-375-40233-3.
  4. ^ a b Flora of North America, Heterotheca villosa (Pursh) Shinners, 1951. Hairy goldenaster
  5. ^ a b University of Waterloo (Canada), Astereae Lab, Heterotheca villosa photos, drawings, distribution maps for each variety
  6. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  7. ^ SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter photos, description, distribution map
  8. ^ Tropicos, specimen listing for Heterotheca villosa (Pursh) Shinners
  9. ^ TWC Staff. "Heterotheca villosa". Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Plant Database. University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  10. ^ Barr, Claude A. (1983). Jewels of the plains : wild flowers of the Great Plains grasslands and hills. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. p. 56. ISBN 0-8166-1127-0.


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