North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Asteraceae > Chrysopsis (goldenaster)
	Cottony Goldenaster, Cottonleaf Golden-aster (Chrysopsis gossypina) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 Common in the NC coastal plain in sandy habitats from coastal dunes to the sandhills.
	Cottony Goldenaster, Cottonleaf Golden-aster (Chrysopsis gossypina) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 Soft, densely hairy leaves give the plant its common name.
	Cottony Goldenaster, Cottonleaf Golden-aster (Chrysopsis gossypina) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006
	Cottony Goldenaster, Cottonleaf Golden-aster (Chrysopsis gossypina) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 Formerly treated as Heterotheca gossypina.

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.