Heterotheca camporum

Heterotheca camporum, lemonyellow false goldenaster,[2] is a North American species of flowering plant in the aster family. It is found only in the central United States, primarily the Ozarks, the Cumberland Plateau, and the middle Mississippi Valley. There are reports of additional populations in the Northeast, the Southeast, and in the Great Lakes region, but these appear to be waifs or naturalizations.[3][4]

Heterotheca camporum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Astereae
Genus:
Heterotheca
Species:
H. camporum
Binomial name
Heterotheca camporum
Synonyms[1]
  • Chrysopsis camporum Greene 1896
  • Chrysopsis villosa var. camporum (Greene) Cronquist
  • Heterotheca villosa var. camporum (Greene) Wunderlin

Heterotheca camporum is a perennial herb growing 150 centimeters (5 feet) in height, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. There can be as many as 100 stems from one clone. Each stem can produce 1-24 flower heads in flat-topped arrays Each head contains 16–38 ray florets surrounding 23–66 tiny disc florets at the center.[5]

References
  1. The Plant List, Heterotheca camporum (Greene) Shinners
  2. "Heterotheca camporum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. John C. Semple 1983. Range Expansion of Heterotheca camporum (Compositae: Astereae) in the Southeastern United States. Brittonia Vol. 35, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1983), pp. 140-146
  5. Flora of North America, Heterotheca camporum (Greene) Shinners 1951


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