''Chrysopsis'' (golden asters) are plants in the family
Asteraceae
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native to the southern and eastern
United States
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. All the species are found in
Florida
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flower heads
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with yellow
disc floret
Asteraceae () is a large family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchidaceae, and which is the larger fa ...
s and usually yellow
ray florets
Asteraceae () is a large family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchidaceae, and which is the larger fa ...
. Some species formerly classified in this genus are now included in other genera: ''
Heterotheca
''Heterotheca'' (common names goldenasters, camphorweed, and telegraph weed) is a genus of North American plants in the family Asteraceae.
Etymology
''Heterotheca'' (heterothe'ca:) comes from Ancient Greek "other, different" and "case, chest ...
'', ''
Pityopsis
''Pityopsis'' is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae. Species of ''Pityopsis'' are known by the common names silkgrass or golden asters or grass-leaved goldenasters .Stenotus'', ''
Ionactis
''Ionactis'', common name stiff-leaved asters or ankle-asters, is a small genus of plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. These aster-like plants are endemic to North America (Canada and the United States).Aster
Aster or ASTER may refer to:
Biology
* ''Aster'' (genus), a genus of flowering plants
** List of ''Aster'' synonyms, other genera formerly included in ''Aster'' and still called asters in English
* Aster (cell biology), a cellular structure shap ...
Erigeron
''Erigeron'' () is a large genus of plants in the composite family (Asteraceae). It is placed in the tribe Astereae and is closely related to the Old World asters (''Aster (genus), Aster'') and the true daisies (''Bellis''). The genus has a cosm ...
Oxypappus
''Oxypappus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Tageteae within the family Asteraceae.
The only known species is ''Oxypappus scaber'', native to western Mexico from Sinaloa to Oaxaca
Oaxaca, officially the Free and Sovereign State ...
'', ''
Arnica
''Arnica'' is a genus of perennial plant, perennial, herbaceous plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). The genus name ''Arnica'' may be derived from the Greek language, Greek ''wikt:arni, arni'', "lamb", in reference to the plants' soft, h ...
'', and '' Helichrysopsis''.
Golden asters are often used as food plants by the
larva
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e of some
Lepidoptera
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Alabama
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Virginia
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and west to
Louisiana
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Chrysopsis mariana
''Chrysopsis mariana'', known as the Maryland golden-aster, is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. The Maryland golden-aster ranges from Rhode Island and New York, west to Kentucky and southern Ohio, and south as far as F ...
'' - Maryland golden aster - from Florida north to
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
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and
Ohio
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, west to
Texas
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Carolinas
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