Heliomeris

false goldeneyes
Heliomeris multiflora var. nevadensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Heliantheae[1]
Genus: Heliomeris
Nutt.
Synonyms[1]

Viguiera sect. Heliomeris (Nutt.) S.F.Blake

Heliomeris is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family[2][3] known generally as false goldeneyes.[4]

They are native to the western United States and northern Mexico. One species, H. obscura, is separated from the others, endemic to a remote area on the border between the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca[5]

These are annual and perennial herbs producing sunflower-like radiate flower heads. They are distinguished from related genera by the achenes, which are glabrous and lack a pappus, and by the involucre, which consists of only 2 series of bracts.[4]

Species[1][6]
  1. Heliomeris hispida - rough false goldeneye, hairy goldeneye - Sonora, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah
  2. Heliomeris longifolia - longleaf false goldeneye - Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Jalisco, San Luis Potosí, Michoacán, Chiapas, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada
  3. Heliomeris multiflora - showy goldeneye - from San Luis Potosí + southern California to Montana
  4. Heliomeris obscura - Puebla, Oaxaca
  5. Heliomeris soliceps - tropical false goldeneye, paria sunflower - Kane County in Utah

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