Heterotheca stenophylla, called the stiffleaf goldenaster, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It grows on the Great Plains of the central United States from South Dakota south to Texas and New Mexico.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Stiffleaf False 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
- Heterotheca angustifolia
- Heterotheca canescens
- Heterotheca hirsuta
- Heterotheca camporum
- Heterotheca hispida
- Roessleria bechuanensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Heterotheca
- Species
- Heterotheca stenophylla
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