Wyethia
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| Wyethia helenioides | |
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Wyethia is a genus of North American flowering plants in the sunflower family.[2][3][4]
These plants are commonly referred to as mule's ears. They are short, low to the ground golden-rayed wildflowers that resemble miniature sunflowers. The genus is named for an early explorer of the western United States, Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, 1802–1856.[5]
- Wyethia amplexicaulis - northern mule's ears, black sunflower - WA OR ID MT NV WY UT CO
- Wyethia angustifolia - California compassplant, narrowleaf wyethia - WA OR CA
- Wyethia arizonica - Arizona mule's ears - AZ NM UT CO
- Wyethia cusickii - OR ID NV
- Wyethia glabra - Coast Range mule's ears - CA
- Wyethia helenioides - gray mule's ears, whitehead mule's ears - CA
- Wyethia helianthoides - sunflower mule's ears - OR ID NV WY MT
- Wyethia longicaulis - Humboldt mule's ears - CA
- Wyethia mollis - woolly mule's ears - CA OR NV
- Wyethia × magna - CO NM
- Wyethia ovata - California, Baja California
- Wyethia robusta - Oregon
- formerly included[1]
see: Agnorhiza Scabrethia Vigethia
References
- ^ a b c d Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ Nuttall, Thomas. 1834. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7(1): 39–40 description in Latin, commentary in English
- ^ Nuttall, Thomas. 1834. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7(1): plate V (5) full-page line drawing of Wyethia helianthoides
- ^ Tropicos, Wyethia Nutt.
- ^ Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 100
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
External links
Media related to Wyethia at Wikimedia Commons- Jepson Manual Treatment
- USDA Plants Profile
- Photo gallery
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