Index / Search / Heterotheca villosa
§1 Plant
Heterotheca villosa (Pursh) Shinners
vernacular hairy false goldenaster — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Heterotheca
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 557 counties across 24 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 130 min.
- Precipitation
- 10–26 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–7.5
- Root depth
- 14 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Gray-Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 336,500
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Field Collections Only
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 557 counties across 24 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 13 N ▾
California view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Arapahoe 08005
- Archuleta 08007
- Baca 08009
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Cheyenne 08017
- Clear Creek 08019
- Conejos 08021
- Costilla 08023
- Custer 08027
- Delta 08029
- Denver 08031
- Dolores 08033
- Douglas 08035
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Fremont 08043
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Huerfano 08055
- Jackson 08057
- Jefferson 08059
- Kiowa 08061
- Kit Carson 08063
- La Plata 08067
- Lake 08065
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Otero 08089
- Ouray 08091
- Park 08093
- Phillips 08095
- Pueblo 08101
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Rio Grande 08105
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- San Miguel 08113
- Sedgwick 08115
- Summit 08117
- Teller 08119
- Washington 08121
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Idaho view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Hancock 17067
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Logan 17107
- Madison 17119
- Mason 17125
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Pike 17149
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- White 17193
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Comanche 20033
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Ford 20057
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Hamilton 20075
- Jewell 20089
- Kingman 20095
- Lincoln 20105
- Logan 20109
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Rooks 20163
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Seward 20175
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Stanton 20187
- Trego 20195
- Wallace 20199
- Wichita 20203
Michigan view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Hubbard 27057
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Marshall 27089
- Morrison 27097
- Murray 27101
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Swift 27151
- Traverse 27155
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
Missouri view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Hill 30041
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Liberty 30051
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Mineral 30061
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Ravalli 30081
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Sheridan 30091
- Silver Bow 30093
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Adams 31001
- Antelope 31003
- Banner 31007
- Blaine 31009
- Boone 31011
- Box Butte 31013
- Boyd 31015
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Cedar 31027
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Cheyenne 31033
- Cuming 31039
- Dawes 31045
- Deuel 31049
- Dodge 31053
- Franklin 31061
- Garfield 31071
- Grant 31075
- Greeley 31077
- Hall 31079
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Howard 31093
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Keya Paha 31103
- Kimball 31105
- Knox 31107
- Lincoln 31111
- Loup 31115
- Morrill 31123
- Perkins 31135
- Phelps 31137
- Platte 31141
- Polk 31143
- Rock 31149
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Sioux 31165
- Stanton 31167
- Thomas 31171
- Valley 31175
- Webster 31181
- Wheeler 31183
Nevada view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Bernalillo 35001
- Catron 35003
- Cibola 35006
- Colfax 35007
- Curry 35009
- Dona Ana 35013
- Grant 35017
- Harding 35021
- Lincoln 35027
- Los Alamos 35028
- McKinley 35031
- Mora 35033
- Otero 35035
- Quay 35037
- Rio Arriba 35039
- Roosevelt 35041
- San Juan 35045
- San Miguel 35047
- Sandoval 35043
- Santa Fe 35049
- Socorro 35053
- Taos 35055
- Torrance 35057
- Union 35059
- Valencia 35061
North Dakota view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Hettinger 38041
- Kidder 38043
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Oklahoma view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 17 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Beadle 46005
- Bennett 46007
- Brookings 46011
- Brown 46013
- Buffalo 46017
- Codington 46029
- Corson 46031
- Custer 46033
- Day 46037
- Fall River 46047
- Haakon 46055
- Hamlin 46057
- Harding 46063
- Jones 46075
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Lyman 46085
- Marshall 46091
- McPherson 46089
- Minnehaha 46099
- Pennington 46103
- Perkins 46105
- Roberts 46109
- Stanley 46117
- Todd 46121
- Tripp 46123
Texas view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Davis 49011
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Morgan 49029
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Washington view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 20 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/HEVI4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5401977 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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