Heterotheca villosa var. minor
(Hairy False Goldenaster)
Heterotheca villosa var. minor, Lower McCullough Gulch, Summit Co. 7485
Heterotheca villosa var. minor, Frisco Peninsula, Summit Co. 5636
Heterotheca villosa var. minor, Lower McCullough Gulch, Summit Co. 7494
Heterotheca villosa var. minor, Lower McCullough Gulch, Summit Co. 7495
Heterotheca villosa var. minor, Frisco Peninsula, Summit Co. 5588
| Scientific Name | Heterotheca villosa var. minor (Hetherotheca villosa var. hispida) | USDA PLANTS Symbol | HEVIM3 |
| Common Name | Hairy False Goldenaster | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 531216 |
| Family | Asteraceae (Sunflower) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description |
Life zones and habitat: Foothills to subalpine (6000 to 10000 ft.); sandy, gravelly or loam soils on rocky slopes, dry ledges, stream banks, roadsides, grasslands and conifer-oak woodlands.
Plant: Perennial 6 to 13 inches tall, many hairy, often glandular, stems that are decumbent to erect. Leaves: Stem leaves usually oblanceolate or oblong, sometimes ovate, 5/8 to 1-1/8 inches long; surfaces are sparsely to moderately glandular-hairy. Inflorescence: Single or many composite flower heads in corymb-like arrays; heads with 10 to 26 yellow rays and many (20 to 50) disk florets, each 3/4 to 1-1/2 inches across; involucres cylindric to bell-shaped with narrow triangular-lanceolate phyllaries that are somewhat hairy-glandular. Bloom Period: May to October. References: "Flora of Colorado" by Jennifer Ackerfield and Flora of North America. Note: All H. villosa are highly variable species in stem length, leaf hairiness, etc. |
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Colorado Status: Native |
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