Wyethia
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q5221410
Library of congress:
sh2006002679
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Does the Presence of Wyethia Mollis Affect Growth of Pinus Jeffreyi Seedlings? 2002.
- The Western North American Naturalist Digital Library Collection, 2004(Wyethia)
- ITIS, February 18, 2004(Family: Asteraceae-- sunflowers; Genus: Wyethia-- mule-ears, wyethia)
- Web. 3(wyethia ... a genus of plants (family Compositae) that resembles sunflowers)
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Wikipedia description:
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 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, American Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, 1802–1856.
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