PLANTS Profile for Heterotheca canescens (hoary false goldenaster)

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PLANTS Profile

Heterotheca canescens (DC.) Shinners
hoary false goldenaster

Symbol:

HECA8

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Heterotheca canescens (DC.) Shinners

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Synonyms:
Heterotheca canescens (DC.) Shinners

	CHBE7	Chrysopsis berlandieri Greene
	CHCA16	Chrysopsis canescens (DC.) Torr. & A. Gray, non DC.
	CHVIC3	Chrysopsis villosa (Pursh) Nutt. ex DC. var. canescens (DC.) A. Gray

Distribution:
Heterotheca canescens (DC.) Shinners


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USA (KS, MO, NM, OK, TX)

Related Taxa:
Heterotheca canescens (DC.) Shinners

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 18 species in Heterotheca

Classification:
Heterotheca canescens (DC.) Shinners

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Heterotheca Cass. – false goldenaster
Species	Heterotheca canescens (DC.) Shinners – hoary false goldenaster

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Heterotheca canescens (DC.) Shinners

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Everitt	Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

More Accounts and Images:
Heterotheca canescens (DC.) Shinners

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 37658.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 05:15 AM CDT