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Chrysopsis gossypina

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Chrysopsis gossypina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Chrysopsis
Species:
C. gossypina
Binomial name
Chrysopsis gossypina
(Michx.) Elliott 1823 not Nutt. 1818
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Chrysopsis arenicola Alexander ex Small
  • Chrysopsis decumbens Chapm.
  • Chrysopsis dentata Elliott
  • Chrysopsis longii Fernald
  • Chrysopsis trichophylla (Nutt.) Elliott
  • Diplogon pilosum (Walter) Kuntze
  • Diplogon trichophyllum Kuntze
  • Diplopappus intermedius Cass.
  • Diplopappus lanatus Cass.
  • Diplopappus trichophyllus (Nutt.) Hook.
  • Erigeron pilosus Walter
  • Erigeron squarrosus Walter
  • Heterotheca gossypina (Michx.) Shinners
  • Heterotheca trichophylla (Nutt.) Shinners
  • Inula gossypina Michx.
  • Inula trichophylla Nutt.
  • Chrysopsis cruiseana Dress, syn of subsp. cruiseana
  • Heterotheca cruiseana (Dress) V.L.Harms, syn of subsp. cruiseana
  • Chrysopsis gigantea Small, syn of subsp. hyssopifolia
  • Chrysopsis hyssopifolia Nutt., syn of subsp. hyssopifolia
  • Chrysopsis mixta Dress, syn of subsp. hyssopifolia
  • Diplogon hyssopifolium (Nutt.) Kuntze, syn of subsp. hyssopifolia
  • Heterotheca hyssopifolia (Nutt.) R.W.Long, syn of subsp. hyssopifolia

Chrysopsis gossypina, called the Cottony goldenaster,[2] is a North American species of flowering plant in the aster family. It is native to the Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States, from eastern Louisiana to southeastern Virginia.[3]

Chrysopsis gossypina is a biennial or short-lived perennial up to 70 cm tall. One plant can produce as many as 30 small, yellow flower heads, each head with both ray florets and disc florets. The species can grow in a variety of habitats and sometimes hybridizes with related species.[2]

Subspecies[1][2]
  • Chrysopsis gossypina subsp. cruiseana (Dress) Semple - coastal sand dunes in Florida + Alabama
  • Chrysopsis gossypina subsp. gossypina - open areas from Florida to Virginia
  • Chrysopsis gossypina subsp. hyssopifolia (Nutt.) Semple - Louisiana to Florida

References

  1. ^ a b The Plant List, Chrysopsis gossypina (Michx.) Elliott
  2. ^ a b c Flora of North America, Cottony goldenaster, Chrysopsis gossypina (Michaux) Elliott
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
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