Wyethia

Wyethia
Wyethia
Wyethia helenioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Wyethia
Nutt.
Species

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Wyethia is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family commonly referred to as mule's ears. These are short, low to the ground golden-rayed wildflowers that resemble miniature sunflowers.

Selected species:

  • Wyethia amplexicaulis - northern mule's ears, black sunflower
  • Wyethia angustifolia - California compassplant, narrowleaf wyethia
  • Wyethia arizonica - Arizona mule's ears
  • Wyethia glabra - Coast Range mule's ears
  • Wyethia helenioides - gray mule's ears, whitehead mule's ears
  • Wyethia helianthoides - sunflower mule's ears
  • Wyethia longicaulis - Humboldt mule's ears
  • Wyethia mollis - woolly mule's ears

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