Heterotheca villosa var. minor

Hairy false goldenaster

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Hairy false goldenaster is a California native perennial found in northern and central Sierra Nevada Mountains, Modoc Plateau in lava flows and rocky sites at elevations of 600 to 3,100 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces yellow ray flowers 4 to 10 millimeters long with white to yellow disk flowers clustered in compact heads. Growing with erect stems 10 to 35 centimeters tall, it forms a compact and relatively low-growing habit. Its mid-stem leaves are oblanceolate, moderately strigose with fine hairs, and have a glandular texture that gives the plant a distinctive soft appearance. The fruit is small, measuring 2 to 3 millimeters in length.

Habitat: Lava flows, rocky sites

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: 600-3100 m

Bioregions: CaRH, n&ampc SNH, MP.

California counties: El Dorado, Lassen, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Alpine, Kern, Tulare, Tuolumne, Modoc, Sierra, Placer

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.