Mules ear is a common name for a group of plants in the sunflower family (
Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
) which were previously all placed in the genus ''Wyethia'', but are now classified in the following genera:
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Agnorhiza
''Agnorhiza'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1998. Its species had previously been considered members of either ''Wyethia'' or ''Balsamorhiza''. The plants are native to California, with the ...
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Scabrethia
''Scabrethia '' is a monotypic genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
There is only one recognized species, ''Scabrethia scabra'', the badlands mule-ears, which is native to the western United States (Montana, Wyoming, ...
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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 sho ...
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