Heterotheca rutteri

Heterotheca rutteri, the Huachuca goldenaster[2] or Rutter's false goldenaster,[3] is a rare North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in the Huachuca and Santa Rita Mountains of southern Arizona and northern Sonora.[4][2][5][6][7]

Heterotheca rutteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Heterotheca
Species:
H. rutteri
Binomial name
Heterotheca rutteri
Synonyms[1]
  • Chrysopsis villosa var. rutteri Rothr. 1879
  • Chrysopsis rutteri (Rothr.) Greene
  • Chrysopsis foliosa var. sericeovillosissima A.Gray

References
  1. The Plant List, Heterotheca rutteri (Rothr.) Shinners
  2. Flora of North America, Heterotheca rutteri (Rothrock) Shinners, 1951. Huachuca goldenaster
  3. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Heterotheca rutteri". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  4. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. University of Waterloo (Canada), Astereae Lab, Heterotheca rutteri photos,
  6. SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter photos, description
  7. Greene, Edward Lee. 1894. Erythea 2: 96 Chrysopsis rutteri


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