Higher classification Daisy family | Scientific name Wyethia Rank Genus | |
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Similar Daisy family, Balsamorhiza, Wyethia mollis, Wyethia helenioides, Wyethia angustifolia | ||
Wyethia is a genus of North American flowering plants in the sunflower family.
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, Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, 1802–1856.
- 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 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 - OR ID NV WY MT
- Wyethia longicaulis - Humboldt mule's ears - CA
- Wyethia mollis - woolly mule's ears - CA OR NV
- Wyethia × magna - CO NM
- Wyethia ovata - California, Baja California
- Wyethia robusta - Oregon
see: Agnorhiza Scabrethia Vigethia
Wyethia helenioides
References
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