Heterotheca viscida

Heterotheca viscida, called the cliff goldenaster, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It grows on cliffs and ledges in mountainous regions. It grows in the southwestern United States, primarily in Arizona, New Mexico and southern Texas with reports of isolated populations in Nevada, southeastern Idaho, and southeastern Colorado.[2][3][4][5][6]

Heterotheca viscida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Heterotheca
Species:
H. viscida
Binomial name
Heterotheca viscida
(A.Gray) V.L.Harms 1968
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Chrysopsis villosa var. viscida A.Gray 1884
  • Chrysopsis viscida (A.Gray) Greene
  • Chrysopsis resinolens var. cil A.Nelson
  • Chrysopsis viscida var. ciliata (A.Nelson) S.F.Blake
  • Chrysopsis viscida var. cinerascens (S.F.Blake) S.F.Blake
  • Heterotheca horrida subsp. cinerascens S.F.Blake

References
  1. The Plant List, Heterotheca viscida (A.Gray) V.L.Harms
  2. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. Flora of North America, Heterotheca viscida (A. Gray) V. L. Harms, 1968. Cliff goldenaster
  4. University of Waterloo (Canada), Astereae Lab, Heterotheca viscida photos, drawings, distribution map
  5. SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter photos, description, distribution map
  6. Harms, Vernon Lee. 1968. Rhodora 70(782): 302


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