Native Plants
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Heterotheca canescens
Heterotheca canescens (DC.) Shinners
Hoary False Goldenaster, Gray Golden-aster
Asteraceae (Aster Family)
USDA Symbol: HECA8USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Heterotheca canescens
Gray Golden Aster
Asteraceae
Location: N. side of Huermann Rd., 2 mi E of Babcock Rd.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Full sun; gravelly soil. Dry, well drained. East exposure. Roadside. Semi-abundant
Description: Flower a yellow composite. Perennial, to 30 in tall. Leaves surfaced, to 3 in long, broadly lanceolate. Stems maroon.
County: Bexar
Collector: Lottie Millsaps
Collection Date: Nov. 10, 1990
Specimen number: 67
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0100
Accession Date: Dec. 8, 1991
Accession Number: 9
Annotations: SCFXB
Heterotheca subaxillaris var. latifolia (Buckl.) Ghandi & Thomas.
Ref. Hatch, Ghandi, & Brown, Bulletin MP-1655, July 1990.
Harry Cliffe, Sep. 2, 1993