''Heterotheca stenophylla'', called the stiffleaf goldenaster, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family
Asteraceae. It grows on the
Great Plains
The Great Plains (french: Grandes Plaines), sometimes simply "the Plains", is a broad expanse of flatland in North America. It is located west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, an ...
of the central United States from
South Dakota south to
Texas and
New Mexico.
[Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]
/ref>[Flora of North America, ''Heterotheca stenophylla'' (A. Gray) Shinners, 1951. Stiffleaf goldenaster ]
/ref>[University of Waterloo (Canada), Astereae Lab, ''Heterotheca rutteri'']
photos, drawings, distribution maps for each varietySEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter
photos, description
;Varieties[
*''Heterotheca stenophylla'' var. ''angustifolia'' (Rydb.) Semple
*''Heterotheca stenophylla'' var. ''stenophylla''
]
References
stenophylla
''Stenophylla'' is a genus of praying mantis in the subfamily Stenophyllinae, which is now placed in the family Acanthopidae. It the sole genus of the tribe Stenophyllini.
Females of the species ''Stenophylla lobivertex'' have an inflatable ...
Flora of the Great Plains (North America)
Plants described in 1850
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