Golden aster

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Golden aster
Chrysopsis villosa ruteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Heterotheca
Species

About 30, see text.

Golden asters, genera Heterotheca and Chrysopsis, are members of the plant family Asteraceae. These are annual and perennial herbs bearing daisylike flower heads with yellow disc florets and usually yellow ray florets.

Golden asters are often used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Schinia lynx, Schinia nubila and Schinia saturata (all of which have been recorded on Heterotheca subaxillaris) and Schinia petulans (which feeds exclusively on Chrysopsis subulata).

Species include:


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