Common
name: Hairy Golden Aster or Hairy Goldaster
Latin name: Chrysopsis villosa
Annual/Perennial:
Perennial
Flowers: July to September
Flower size: 1" to 1.5"
Found in: Foothills to Montane
Height: 8" to 20"
Invasive: No
Native species: No Useful in garden: No
Image taken:
Deer Creek Canyon
Pictured
Wildflower: Hairy Golden Aster - Chrysopsis
villosa
Wildflower
Field notes: Hairy Golden Aster is easy to identify. The
leaves are gray in appearance and covered with fine hair.
Look for
Hairy Golden Aster in dry river bottoms, hillsides, open fields
and meadows, and along roadsides.
