Heterotheca sessiliflora Calflora

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Taxon Report

Heterotheca sessiliflora (Nutt.) Shinners

Golden aster, Sessileflower false goldenaster

2020 Ron Vanderhoff

2021 Jay Cassianni

2019 Cynthia Powell

2020 Ron Vanderhoff

2018 Stacie Wolny

2021 Jay Cassianni

Heterotheca sessiliflora is an annual herb that is native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search (1383 records) Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

Photos from Calflora / CalPhotos


Subspecies and Varieties:
... ssp. bolanderi ... ssp. echioides ... ssp. fastigiata ... ssp. sessiliflora
Genus:	Heterotheca
Family:	Asteraceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Habitat: canyons

Communities: Northern Coastal Scrub, Coastal Sage Scrub, Sagebrush Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, Joshua Tree Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


JM93	Chrysopsis villosa

More information about Heterotheca sessiliflora


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (HESE) BONAP Distribution Map	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Photos on PlantID.net Google Images Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2022. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 09/27/2022).