Heliomeris multiflora

Heliomeris multiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Heliomeris
Species:	H. multiflora
Binomial name
Heliomeris multiflora Nutt. 1848
Synonyms[1][2]
Synonymy Heliomeris multiflorus Nutt. 1848 Gymnolomia multiflora (Nutt.) Rothr. Viguiera multiflora (Nutt.) S.F. Blake Gymnolomia brevifolia Greene ex Wooton & Standl., syn of var. brevifolia Heliomeris brevifolia (Greene ex Wooton & Standl.) Cockerell, syn of var. brevifolia Viguiera ovalis S.F.Blake, syn of var. brevifolia Gymnolomia nevadensis A.Nelson, syn of var. nevadensis Heliomeris nevadensis (A.Nelson) Cockerell

Heliomeris multiflora is a North American species of flowering plants in the sunflower family called the Showy goldeneye. It grows in Mexico and the western United States from Montana to Jalisco.^[3][4][5]

Heliomeris multiflora is an annual herb up to 15 cm (5.9 in) tall, with a large taproot. Leaves are up to 16 cm (6.3 in) long, with hairs along the edges. One plant can produce 25 or more yellow flower heads, each head with 12-14 ray flowers surrounding 50 or more tiny disc flowers.^[5][6]

Varieties^[2][5]

• Heliomeris multiflora var. brevifolia (Greene ex Wooton & Standl.) - Arizona, New Mexico, Utah
• Heliomeris multiflora var. multiflora - from Idaho and Montana south to Durango
• Heliomeris multiflora var. nevadensis (A.Nelson) W.F.Yates - from California east to Utah and south to Jalisco

References

1. Tropicos, Heliomeris multiflora Nutt.
2. The Plant List, Heliomeris multiflora Nuttall
3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
4. SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter photos, description, distribution map
5. Flora of North America, Heliomeris multiflora Nuttall, 1848. Showy goldeneye
6. Blake, Sydney Fay. 1918. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 54: 108–110 as Viguiera multiflora

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