Heterotheca canescens (DC.) Shinners is a plant in the Asteraceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Heterotheca canescens (DC.) Shinners

Heterotheca canescens (DC.) Shinners

Heterotheca canescens, hoary goldenaster, is a North American flowering plant in Asteraceae found in northern Mexico and central US Great Plains.

Family
Genus
Heterotheca
Order
Asterales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Heterotheca canescens (DC.) Shinners

Heterotheca canescens, commonly called hoary goldenaster, is a species of flowering plant from North America that belongs to the Asteraceae family. This species has been recorded in Nuevo León, northern Mexico, and across the Great Plains region of the central United States, specifically in the states of Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Its scientific accepted name is Heterotheca canescens (DC.) Shinners.

Photo: (c) Catherine C. Galley, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Catherine C. Galley · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Asteraceae Heterotheca

More from Asteraceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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