''Heterotheca fulcrata'', known by the common name rockyscree false goldenaster, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family
Asteraceae. It has been found in northern Mexico (
Sonora
Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...
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Places
*Chihuahua (state), a Mexican state
**Chihuahua (dog), a breed of dog named after the state
**Chihuahua cheese, a type of cheese originating in the state
**Chihuahua City, the capital city of the state
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Coahuila
Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico.
Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...
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Nuevo León
Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...
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Tamaulipas,
Zacatecas) and in the western United States (from
Arizona,
New Mexico, western
Texas north to
Wyoming and
Idaho).
SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter
photos, distribution map, description[University of Waterloo (Canada), Astereae Lab, ''Heterotheca fulcrata'']
distribution maps[Flora of North America, ''Heterotheca fulcrata'' (Greene) Shinners, 1951. ]
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;Varieties[
*''Heterotheca fulcrata'' var. ''amplifolia'' (Rydberg) Semple - Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, southwestern Utah, southern New Mexico
*''Heterotheca fulcrata'' var. ''arizonica'' Semple - from Nevada to Coahuila
*''Heterotheca fulcrata'' var. ''fulcrata'' - from Wyoming + Idaho south to Arizona and Tamaulipas
*''Heterotheca fulcrata'' var. ''senilis'' (Wooton & Standley) Semple - southern Arizona, Southern New Mexico, western Texas, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila
]
References
External links
Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in New Mexico in 1897, isotype of ''Chrysopsis fulcrata / Heterotheca fulcrata''
fulcrata
Flora of Northern America
Plants described in 1898
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