Chrysopsis gossypina, the cottony goldenaster, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States, from eastern Louisiana to southeastern Virginia.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Cottony Goldenaster being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Chrysopsis godfreyi
- Chrysopsis floridana
- Chrysopsis highlandsensis
- Chrysopsis scabrella
- Chrysopsis delaneyi
- Pityopsis flexuosa
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Chrysopsis
- Species
- Chrysopsis gossypina
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