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Heterotheca
Sign in to saveHeterotheca (common names goldenasters, camphorweed, and telegraph weed) is a genus of North American plants in the family Asteraceae.
Species
Genus
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassHydrozoa
- OrderLeptothecata
- FamilyPlumulariidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 478
- With media
- 371
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- COLO, FCB-BUAP, FCF-UANL, INECOL, STDOM, DERN-IMECBIO-CUCSUR-UDG
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Asteraceae
- Image
- Heterotheca shevockii Flower flinton lg.jpg
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- Heterotheca
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- topic's main category
- Category:Heterotheca
- taxon common name
- 假金菀属
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- Heterotheca
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Heterotheca (common names goldenasters, camphorweed, and telegraph weed) is a genus of North American plants in the family Asteraceae.
==Etymology== Heterotheca (heterothe'ca:) comes from Ancient Greek "other, different" and "case, chest" (botanically, "ovary") and refers to the difference in shape, in some species in the genus, between the cypselae (achenes containing seed) of the disk and ray florets. ==Description, biology== These are annual and perennial herbs bearing daisy-like flower heads with yellow disc florets and usually yellow ray florets, associated with mesic to xeric habitats across North America. Several species now included in Heterotheca were previously classified in the genus Chrysopsis.
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