Wyethia | |
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Wyethia helenioides | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subtribe: | Engelmanniinae |
Genus: |
Wyethia Nutt. |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Wyethia is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. [2] [3] [4] First published by Thomas Nuttall in J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia vol.7 on page 39 in 1834. [5]
These plants are commonly referred to as mule's ears. They are short, low to the ground golden-rayed wildflowers that resemble miniature sunflowers. [6] The genus is named for an early explorer of the western United States, American Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, 1802–1856. [7]
As accepted by Kew; [5] and Biota of North America Program; [8]
Agnorhiza. Scabrethia and Vigethia
Wyethia | |
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Wyethia helenioides | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subtribe: | Engelmanniinae |
Genus: |
Wyethia Nutt. |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
Wyethia is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. [2] [3] [4] First published by Thomas Nuttall in J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia vol.7 on page 39 in 1834. [5]
These plants are commonly referred to as mule's ears. They are short, low to the ground golden-rayed wildflowers that resemble miniature sunflowers. [6] The genus is named for an early explorer of the western United States, American Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, 1802–1856. [7]
As accepted by Kew; [5] and Biota of North America Program; [8]
Agnorhiza. Scabrethia and Vigethia