Chrysopsis gossypina, the cottony goldenaster,[2] is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States, from eastern Louisiana to southeastern Virginia.[3]

Chrysopsis gossypina
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Chrysopsis
Species:	C. gossypina
Binomial name
Chrysopsis gossypina (Michx.) Elliott 1823 not Nutt. 1818
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy Chrysopsis arenicola Alexander ex Small Chrysopsis decumbens Chapm. Chrysopsis dentata Elliott Chrysopsis longii Fernald Chrysopsis trichophylla (Nutt.) Elliott Diplogon pilosum (Walter) Kuntze Diplogon trichophyllum Kuntze Diplopappus intermedius Cass. Diplopappus lanatus Cass. Diplopappus trichophyllus (Nutt.) Hook. Erigeron pilosus Walter Erigeron squarrosus Walter Heterotheca gossypina (Michx.) Shinners Heterotheca trichophylla (Nutt.) Shinners Inula gossypina Michx. Inula trichophylla Nutt. Chrysopsis cruiseana Dress, syn of subsp. cruiseana Heterotheca cruiseana (Dress) V.L.Harms, syn of subsp. cruiseana Chrysopsis gigantea Small, syn of subsp. hyssopifolia Chrysopsis hyssopifolia Nutt., syn of subsp. hyssopifolia Chrysopsis mixta Dress, syn of subsp. hyssopifolia Diplogon hyssopifolium (Nutt.) Kuntze, syn of subsp. hyssopifolia Heterotheca hyssopifolia (Nutt.) R.W.Long, syn of subsp. hyssopifolia

Chrysopsis gossypina is a biennial or short-lived perennial up to 70 cm tall. One plant can produce as many as 30 small, yellow flower heads, each head with both ray florets and disc florets. The species can grow in a variety of habitats and sometimes hybridizes with related species.[2]

Subspecies[1][2]

• Chrysopsis gossypina subsp. cruiseana (Dress) Semple - coastal sand dunes in Florida + Alabama
• Chrysopsis gossypina subsp. gossypina - open areas from Florida to Virginia
• Chrysopsis gossypina subsp. hyssopifolia (Nutt.) Semple - Louisiana to Florida

References

External links

• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas
• North Carolina Native Plant Society
• Alabama Plants
• Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora