Euthamia occidentalis
Appearance
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Euthamia occidentalis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Euthamia |
Species: | E. occidentalis
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Binomial name | |
Euthamia occidentalis | |
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Euthamia occidentalis is a flowering plant, known by the common names western flat topped goldenrod, western goldentop and western goldenrod, in the family Asteraceae.
Description
[edit]Euthamia occidentalis is a scrubby perennial plant with many green stems which age into a dull brownish-green, and green small leaves. It has plentiful yellowish clusters of flowers. Flowers bloom July to November.[2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]It is a common plant of western North America, from British Columbia and Alberta, the Western United States (from the Pacific as far east as Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico), and Baja California.[3][4] It is most likely to be found near water, such as wetlands, ditches, and marshes.[5]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- USDA Plants Profile for Euthamia graminifolia (flat-top goldentop)
- Calflora Database: Euthamia graminifolia (western flat topped goldenrod, western goldenrod, western goldentop)
- Jepson eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Euthamia graminifolia
- University of Washington, Burke Museum: Euthamia graminifolia including photos
- Calphotos Photos gallery, University of California: Euthamia graminifolia
Media related to Euthamia occidentalis at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- NatureServe secure species
- Euthamia
- Flora of Western Canada
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of California
- Flora of New Mexico
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Plants described in 1840
- Taxa named by Thomas Nuttall
- Astereae stubs