Heterotheca canescens

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| image = Heterotheca canescens.jpg

| status = {{TNCStatus}}

| status_system = TNC

| genus = Heterotheca

| species = canescens

| authority = (DC.) Shinners 1951

| synonyms_ref=[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-86614 The Plant List, Heterotheca canescens (DC.) Shinners ]

| synonyms=

• Haplopappus canescens DC. 1836
• Chrysopsis canescens (DC.) Torr. & A. Gray 1842 not DC. 1836
• Chrysopsis villosa var. canescens (DC.) A. Gray
• Chrysopsis berlandieri Greene

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Heterotheca canescens, common name hoary goldenaster, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It has been found in northern Mexico (Nuevo León)[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/2710452?tab=specimens Tropicos, specimen listing for Heterotheca canescens (DC.) Shinners ] and in the Great Plains of the central United States (Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas).[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Heterotheca%20canescens.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map][http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=18286&taxauthid=1 SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter] photos, distribution map, description[https://uwaterloo.ca/astereae-lab/research/goldenasters/heterotheca/heterotheca-sect-phyllotheca/heterotheca-canescens University of Waterloo (Canada), Astereae Lab, Heterotheca canescens] photos[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242416649 Flora of North America, Heterotheca canescens (de Candolle) Shinners, 1951. Hoary goldenaster ]