Pyrrocoma
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Pyrrocoma is a small genus of plants in the daisy family
. These wildflowers are sometimes known as goldenweeds. They were previously considered members of genus Haplopappus
and were separated out into their own genus. Pyrrocoma are perennial plants with reddish stems and yellow daisylike flowers. They are native to western North America.
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Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
. These wildflowers are sometimes known as goldenweeds. They were previously considered members of genus Haplopappus
Haplopappus
Haplopappus is a genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. Until the 1990s, Haplopappus was a wastebasket taxon for many species in the tribe Astereae, and most species have since been moved to other genera.-Selected species:...
and were separated out into their own genus. Pyrrocoma are perennial plants with reddish stems and yellow daisylike flowers. They are native to western North America.
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- Pyrrocoma apargioidesPyrrocoma apargioidesPyrrocoma apargioides is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name alpineflames. It is native to the western United States from the Sierra Nevada of California east to Utah, where it grows in the forests and meadows of high mountains. It is a perennial herb growing...
- alpineflames - Pyrrocoma carthamoidesPyrrocoma carthamoidesPyrrocoma carthamoides is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name largeflower goldenweed. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northeastern California to Wyoming, where it is known from grassland, woodlands, forests, barren areas, and...
- largeflower goldenweed - Pyrrocoma clementisPyrrocoma clementisPyrrocoma clementis is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name tranquil goldenweed. It is native to Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming in the United States....
- tranquil goldenweed - Pyrrocoma crocea - curlyhead goldenweed
- Pyrrocoma hirta - tacky goldenweed
- Pyrrocoma lanceolataPyrrocoma lanceolataPyrrocoma lanceolata is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name lanceleaf goldenweed. It is native to western North America from central Canada to northeastern California to Colorado, where it grows in many types of habitat, including disturbed places and areas...
- lanceleaf goldenweed - Pyrrocoma lucidaPyrrocoma lucidaPyrrocoma lucida is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name sticky goldenweed. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the northern Sierra Nevada. It grows in mountain forests and clay flats with alkali soils. This is a perennial herb growing from...
- sticky goldenweed - Pyrrocoma racemosaPyrrocoma racemosaPyrrocoma racemosa is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name clustered goldenweed. It is native to the western United States, where it grows in many types of habitat. It is quite variable in morphology, and there are several varieties which are sometimes hard to...
- clustered goldenweed - Pyrrocoma unifloraPyrrocoma unifloraPyrrocoma uniflora is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name plantain goldenweed. It is native to western North America from central Canada to California to Colorado, where it grows in several types of habitat, including forest and meadows with alkali soils, such...
- plantain goldenweed