What is "wyethia"

n. low tufted white-woolly yellow-flowered herb of California [syn: Wyethia ovata]

Wyethia is a genus of North American flowering plants in the sunflower family.

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

1. Wyethia amplexicaulis - northern mule's ears, black sunflower - WA OR ID MT NV WY UT CO
2. Wyethia angustifolia - California compassplant, narrowleaf wyethia - WA OR CA
3. Wyethia arizonica - Arizona mule's ears - AZ NM UT CO
4. Wyethia cusickii - OR ID NV
5. Wyethia glabra - Coast Range mule's ears - CA
6. Wyethia helenioides - gray mule's ears, whitehead mule's ears - CA
7. Wyethia helianthoides - sunflower mule's ears - OR ID NV WY MT
8. Wyethia longicaulis - Humboldt mule's ears - CA
9. Wyethia mollis - woolly mule's ears - CA OR NV
10. Wyethia × magna - CO NM
11. Wyethia ovata - California, Baja California
12. Wyethia robusta - Oregon

see: Agnorhiza Scabrethia Vigethia