General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 6-32 inches
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
3"-4"
4"-5"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Other: May-June
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • White-Rayed Mule's Ears
  • Sunflower Wyethia
  • Sunflower Mule-Ears

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Location: Picture taken by Perduejn in a cow pasture amidst plants with normal flowers in Island Park, Idaho, USA.
Date: 21 June 2010
A fasciated flowerhead.
Comments:
  • Posted by KFredenburg (Black Hills, SD - Zone 5a) on Jun 23, 2020 9:26 PM concerning plant:
    This species, the only white-rayed Wyethia, often forms dense patches in low spots of valleys.
  • Posted by DominaHorti on Apr 18, 2019 10:07 AM concerning plant:
    Fasciation - that is what is going on with that one bloom.

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