Wyethia
Genus of flowering plants
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Wyethia is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3][4] First published by Thomas Nuttall in J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia vol.7 on page 39 in 1834.[5]
| Wyethia | |
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| Wyethia helenioides | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheae |
| Subtribe: | Engelmanniinae |
| Genus: | Wyethia Nutt. |
| Type species | |
| Wyethia helianthoides | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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These plants are commonly referred to as mule's ears. They are short, low to the ground golden-rayed wildflowers that resemble miniature sunflowers.[6] The genus is named for an early explorer of the western United States, American Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, 1802–1856.[7]
Species
As accepted by Kew;[5] and Biota of North America Program;[8]
| Image | Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
 | Wyethia amplexicaulis (Nutt.) Nutt. - northern mule's ears, black sunflower | WA OR ID MT NV WY UT CO |
.jpg) | Wyethia angustifolia Nutt. - California compassplant, narrowleaf wyethia | WA OR CA |
| Wyethia arizonica A.Gray - Arizona mule's ears | AZ NM UT CO | |
| Wyethia x cusickii Piper | OR ID NV | |
 | Wyethia glabra A.Gray - Coast Range mule's ears | CA |
 | Wyethia helenioides Nutt. - gray mule's ears, whitehead mule's ears | CA |
 | Wyethia helianthoides Nutt. - sunflower mule's ears | OR ID NV WY MT |
| Wyethia longicaulis A.Gray - Humboldt mule's ears | CA | |
 | Wyethia mollis A.Gray - woolly mule's ears | CA OR NV |
| Wyethia × magna A.Nelson ex W.A.Weber | CO NM | |
| Wyethia ovata | California, Baja California | |
.JPG) | Wyethia sagittata (Pursh) Mabb. | Oregon |
- formerly included;[1]
Agnorhiza. Scabrethia and Vigethia
