Cooper's rubberweed (Hymenoxys cooperi)

Cooper's rubberweed, a reference photo — Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Hymenoxys cooperi is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Cooper's rubberweed. It is native to the southwestern United States and Great Basin, where it grows in rocky soils in arid regions from southern California to New Mexico, north as far as Idaho and Oregon.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Cooper's rubberweed 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

Hymenoxys bigelovii
Hymenoxys richardsonii

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Hymenoxys
Species: Hymenoxys cooperi

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