Heterotheca viscida, called the cliff goldenaster, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It grows on cliffs and ledges in mountainous regions. It grows in the southwestern United States, primarily in Arizona, New Mexico and southern Texas with reports of isolated populations in Nevada, southeastern Idaho, and southeastern Colorado.[2][3][4][5][6]

Heterotheca viscida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Heterotheca
Species:	H. viscida
Binomial name
Heterotheca viscida (A.Gray) V.L.Harms 1968
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy Chrysopsis villosa var. viscida A.Gray 1884 Chrysopsis viscida (A.Gray) Greene Chrysopsis resinolens var. cil A.Nelson Chrysopsis viscida var. ciliata (A.Nelson) S.F.Blake Chrysopsis viscida var. cinerascens (S.F.Blake) S.F.Blake Heterotheca horrida subsp. cinerascens S.F.Blake

References

External links

• Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Arizona in 1881, isotype of Chrysopsis villosa var. viscida/Heterotheca viscida

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