Heterotheca villosa (Pursh) Shinners
Hairy false goldenaster
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8/26/2014 · Northwest New Mexico Visitor Center, Grants, New Mexico · ≈ 12 × 8″ (31 × 21 cm) 
6/2/2009 · Zion National Park, Utah · ≈ 16 × 12″ (41 × 29 cm) 
8/26/2014 · Northwest New Mexico Visitor Center, Grants, New Mexico · ≈ 8 × 5″ (19 × 13 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Asterales | Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies |
| Family | Asteraceae | The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers |
| Genus | Heterotheca | Derived from the Greek heteros, “different,” and theke, “ovary,” from the unlike achenes of the ray and disk florets |
| Species | villosa | Hairy |
Heterotheca villosa description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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