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Hairy goldenaster
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Scientific classification
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Tribe:
Astereae
Genus:
Heterotheca
Species:
H. villosa
Binomial name
Heterotheca villosa
(Pursh) Shinners 1951
Synonyms

Heterotheca villosa, called the hairy goldenaster, is a North American species of flowering plant in the aster family. It widespread across the central and western parts of the continent, from Ontario west to British Columbia and south as far as Illinois, Kansas, Nuevo León, Guanajuato, and northern Baja California.

Varieties
  • 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.
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