Heterotheca pumila

Heterotheca pumila, called the alpine goldenaster, is a North American species of flowering plant in the aster family. It grows in alpine and subalpine regions in the mountains of the western United States. It has been found the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico.[2]>[3][4]

Heterotheca pumila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Astereae
Genus:
Heterotheca
Species:
H. pumila
Binomial name
Heterotheca pumila
(Greene) Semple 1987
Synonyms[1]
  • Chrysopsis pumila Greene 1894
  • Chrysopsis alpicola Rydb.
  • Chrysopsis alpicola var. glomerata A.Nelson
  • Chrysopsis cooperi A.Nelson
  • Chrysopsis villosa var. glomerata (A.Nelson) V.L.Harms

References
  1. The Plant List, Heterotheca pumila (Greene) Semple
  2. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. Flora of North America, Heterotheca pumila (Greene) Semple, 1987. Alpine goldenaster
  4. University of Waterloo (Canada), Astereae Lab, Heterotheca pumila photos, drawings, distribution map


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