Heliomeris multiflora

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| image = Showy Goldeneye (8950887020).jpg

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| genus = Heliomeris

| species = multiflora

| authority = Nutt.

| synonyms_ref = [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/2710426 Tropicos, Heliomeris multiflora Nutt.][http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-110393 The Plant List, Heliomeris multiflora Nuttall]

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| 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

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Heliomeris multiflora is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae called the showy goldeneye. It grows in Mexico and the western United States from Montana to Jalisco.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Heliomeris%20multiflora.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map][http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=3820&taxauthid=1 SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter] photos, description, distribution map

Heliomeris multiflora is a perennial herb up to {{convert|15|cm|in|abbr=on}} 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.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066907 Flora of North America, Heliomeris multiflora Nuttall, 1848. Showy goldeneye ][https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123407#page/346/mode/1up Blake, Sydney Fay. 1918. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 54: 108–110] as Viguiera multiflora

;Varieties

• 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