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Wyethia is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3][4]

Wyethia
Wyethia helenioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subtribe:	Engelmanniinae
Genus:	Wyethia Nutt.
Synonyms[1]
Alarconia DC. Espeletia Nutt. Melarhiza Kellogg

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, Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, 1802–1856.[5]

Species[1][6]

• Wyethia amplexicaulis - northern mule's ears, black sunflower - WA OR ID MT NV WY UT CO
• Wyethia angustifolia - California compassplant, narrowleaf wyethia - WA OR CA
• Wyethia arizonica - Arizona mule's ears - AZ NM UT CO
• Wyethia cusickii - OR ID NV
• Wyethia glabra - Coast Range mule's ears - CA
• Wyethia helenioides - gray mule's ears, whitehead mule's ears - CA
• Wyethia helianthoides - sunflower mule's ears - OR ID NV WY MT
• Wyethia longicaulis - Humboldt mule's ears - CA
• Wyethia mollis - woolly mule's ears - CA OR NV
• Wyethia × magna - CO NM
• Wyethia ovata - California, Baja California
• Wyethia robusta - Oregon

formerly included[1]

see: Agnorhiza Scabrethia Vigethia

References

External links

• Media related to Wyethia at Wikimedia Commons
• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile
• Photo gallery

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Wyethia es un género de plantas fanerógamas perteneciente a la familia de las asteráceas. Comprende 25 especies descritas y de estas, solo 12 aceptadas.[1][2]

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