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Wyethia
''Wyethia'' is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. First published by Thomas Nuttall in J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia vol.7 on page 39 in 1834. 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, American Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, 1802–1856. Species As accepted by Kew; and Biota of North America Program; * ''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 x 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 ...
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Wyethia X Cusickii
''Wyethia'' is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. First published by Thomas Nuttall in J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia vol.7 on page 39 in 1834. 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, American Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, 1802–1856. Species As accepted by Kew; and Biota of North America Program; * ''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 x 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 - ...
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Wyethia Sagittata
''Wyethia'' is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. First published by Thomas Nuttall in J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia vol.7 on page 39 in 1834. 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, American Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, 1802–1856. Species As accepted by Kew; and Biota of North America Program; * ''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 x 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 - ...
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Wyethia × Magna
''Wyethia'' is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. First published by Thomas Nuttall in J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia vol.7 on page 39 in 1834. 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, American Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, 1802–1856. Species As accepted by Kew; and Biota of North America Program; * ''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 x 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 - ...
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Wyethia Amplexicaulis
''Wyethia'' is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. First published by Thomas Nuttall in J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia vol.7 on page 39 in 1834. 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, American Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, 1802–1856. Species As accepted by Kew; and Biota of North America Program; * ''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 x 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 - ...
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Wyethia Helianthoides
''Wyethia'' is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. First published by Thomas Nuttall in J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia vol.7 on page 39 in 1834. 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, American Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, 1802–1856. Species As accepted by Kew; and Biota of North America Program; * ''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 x 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 - ...
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Wyethia Mollis
''Wyethia mollis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name woolly mule's ears. The plant is hairy to woolly in texture, sometimes losing its hairs with age. ''Wyethia mollis'' is a coarse perennial herbWeeden, N. F. ''A Sierra Nevada Flora''. 4th Ed. Wilderness Press. 1996. native to the mountains of northern California, especially on the east side of the Sierra Nevada, and southeastern Oregon and western Nevada. It grows in forests and other mountain habitat such as dry open meadows with sagebrush. It grows from a tough taproot and caudex unit, producing a stem 30 to 40 centimeters tall, and reaching a meter in height at times. It thrives in volcanic soils because of its deep roots.Blackwell, L. R. ''Wildflowers of the Sierra Nevada''. Lone Pine Publishing. 1999. The leaves have lance-shaped or oval blades up to 40 centimeters long, which are glandular and coated in woolly hairs, especially when new. They usually grow up vertically from ...
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Wyethia Helenioides
''Wyethia helenioides'' is a species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae commonly referred to as gray mule's ears or whitehead mule-ears. Distribution This species occurs chiefly in the California Coast Ranges, Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, and some areas of the Sierra Nevada foothills in California. Description ''Wyethia helenioides'' is a short, low growing golden-rayed wildflower, that resemble sunflowers. Typical understory associates in sunny clearings of mixed oak forests in coastal California include ''Mimulus aurantiacus'' and ''Calochortus luteus ''Calochortus luteus'', the yellow mariposa lily, is a mariposa lily endemic to California. Description The primarily bright deep yellow flower is 3–5 cm across and perianth bulb-shaped, lined red-brown inside, often also with central re ...''.C. Michael Hogan. 2008 References External linksJepson Manual Treatment - ''Wyethia helenioides'' helenioides Flora of California Flora of the Sierra ...
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Wyethia Glabra
''Wyethia glabra'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Coast Range mule's ears. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the North and Central Coast Ranges. It is a perennial herb growing from a tough taproot and caudex unit and producing a stem up to 40 centimeters tall. It is hairless to hairy and glandular. The leaves have lance-shaped or oval blades up to 45 centimeters long. The inflorescence is usually a solitary flower head or occasionally a cluster of 2 or more. The head has lance-shaped leaflike phyllaries at the base. It contains up to 21 yellow ray florets each up to 5 centimeters long and many yellow disc florets. The fruit is an achene An achene (; ), also sometimes called akene and occasionally achenium or achenocarp, is a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. Achenes are monocarpellate (formed from one carpel) and indehiscent (they do not ope ... over a centimeter long, includin ...
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Wyethia Ovata
''Agnorhiza ovata'' (syn. ''Wyethia ovata'') is a species of flowering plant known by the common name southern mule's ears. It is native to the mountains and foothills of southern California and Baja California, occurring the Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada foothills in Tulare, Kern, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Diego counties in California, with additional populations in the Peninsular Ranges south of the international border. Description ''Agnorhiza ovata'' grows in many types of habitat, including forests, woodlands, and grassland. It is a perennial herb growing from a thick taproot and caudex unit. The hairy, glandular, sticky-textured stem grows a few centimeters tall to nearly half a meter in maximum height. The leaves have oval blades up to 20 centimeters long which are generally hairy or silky and glandular. The inflorescence is made up of one or more flower heads which may be tucked amongst the uppermost leaves. The head has lance-shaped leaflike phyl ...
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Wyethia Longicaulis
''Wyethia longicaulis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Humboldt mule's ears. It is endemic to California, where it occurs in the North Coast Ranges and the Klamath Mountains. It grows in mountain and foothill habitat such as grassland and forests. It is a perennial herb growing from a tough taproot and caudex unit and producing a stem up to half a meter tall. It is hairless to hairy and glandular. The leaves have lance-shaped or oblong blades up to 20 centimeters long. They are glandular and have a waxy exudate that dries white. The inflorescence is usually a cluster of 2 to 4 flower heads, each with up to 10 yellow ray florets which may be up to 3 centimeters long. The fruit is an achene An achene (; ), also sometimes called akene and occasionally achenium or achenocarp, is a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. Achenes are monocarpellate (formed from one carpel) and indehiscent (they do not o ...
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Wyethia Angustifolia
''Wyethia angustifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names California compassplant and narrowleaf mule's ears. It is native to the west coast of the United States from Washington to California, where it grows in grassland, meadows, and other open habitat. It is a perennial herb growing from a tough taproot and caudex unit and producing a stem 30 to 90 centimeters tall. The leaves have lance-shaped blades up to 50 centimeters tall. The inflorescence produces one or more large sunflower-like flower heads at the top of the hairy stem. The head has narrow, hairy phyllaries at the base. It contains up to 21 yellow ray florets each up to 4.5 centimeters long and many yellow disc florets. The fruit is an achene An achene (; ), also sometimes called akene and occasionally achenium or achenocarp, is a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. Achenes are monocarpellate (formed from one carpel) and indehiscent ...
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Wyethia Arizonica
''Wyethia arizonica'', the Arizona mule's ears, is a plant species native to Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. It grows in meadows in coniferous forests at elevations of . ''Wyethia arizonica'' is a perennial herb with a large taproot A taproot is a large, central, and dominant root from which other roots sprout laterally. Typically a taproot is somewhat straight and very thick, is tapering in shape, and grows directly downward. In some plants, such as the carrot, the taproo ..., the shoot up to tall. Leaves are elliptic to lanceolate, up to long. Flower heads are 1-4 per plant, with yellow flowers.Weber, W. A. 1946. A taxonomic and cytological study of the genus ''Wyethia'', family Compositae, with notes on the related genus ''Balsamorhiza''. American Midland Naturalist 35: 400–452. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15571964 arizonica Flora of Utah Flora of Colorado Flora of Arizona Flora of New Mexico Flora without expected TNC conservation status ...
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