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mule's ears
Wyethia
Wyethia is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. First published by Thomas Nuttall in J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia vol.7 on page 39 in 1834.
These plants are commonly referred to as mule's ears. They are short, low to the ground golden-rayed wildflowers that resemble miniature sunflowers. The genus is named for an early explorer of the western United States, American Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, 1802–1856.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
narrowleaf mule-ears
speciesWyethia angustifolia
woolly mule's ears
speciesWyethia mollis
smooth mule-ears
speciesWyethia glabra
northern mule's ears
speciesWyethia amplexicaulis
Gray Mule-Ears
speciesWyethia helenioides
Sunflower Mule-ears
speciesWyethia helianthoides
Arizona mule-ears
speciesWyethia arizonica
Humboldt County wyethia
speciesWyethia longicaulis
Wyethia × magna
hybridWyethia × magna
Cusick's hybrid mule's-ears
hybridWyethia × cusickii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48243.