Wyethia

Wyethia
	Wyethia helenioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Heliantheae
Subtribe:	Engelmanniinae
Genus:	Wyethia; Nutt.
Type species
	Wyethia helianthoides;
Synonyms
	Alarconia DC.; Espeletia Nutt.; Melarhiza Kellogg;

Wyethia is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^[2]^[3]^[4] First published by Thomas Nuttall in J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia vol.7 on page 39 in 1834.^[5]

These plants are commonly referred to as mule's ears. They are short, low to the ground golden-rayed wildflowers that resemble miniature sunflowers.^[6] The genus is named for an early explorer of the western United States, American Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, 1802–1856.^[7]

Species

As accepted by Kew;^[5] and Biota of North America Program;^[8]

Image	Name	Distribution
	Wyethia amplexicaulis (Nutt.) Nutt. - northern mule's ears, black sunflower	WA OR ID MT NV WY UT CO
	Wyethia angustifolia Nutt. - California compassplant, narrowleaf wyethia	WA OR CA
	Wyethia arizonica A.Gray - Arizona mule's ears	AZ NM UT CO
	Wyethia x cusickii Piper	OR ID NV
	Wyethia glabra A.Gray - Coast Range mule's ears	CA
	Wyethia helenioides Nutt. - gray mule's ears, whitehead mule's ears	CA
	Wyethia helianthoides Nutt. - sunflower mule's ears	OR ID NV WY MT
	Wyethia longicaulis A.Gray - Humboldt mule's ears	CA
	Wyethia mollis A.Gray - woolly mule's ears	CA OR NV
	Wyethia × magna A.Nelson ex W.A.Weber	CO NM
	Wyethia ovata	California, Baja California
	Wyethia sagittata (Pursh) Mabb.	Oregon