Summary ⁸

Euthamia occidentalis is a flowering plant known by the common names western flat topped goldenrod, western goldentop, and western goldenrod. It is in the Asteraceae family.

Botanical Information ⁹

Other names for the Western Goldentop are Western goldenrod or Western fragrant goldenrod. It's scientific name is Euthamia occidentalis. It is in the Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae (Aster) family, genus Euthamia Nutt. ex Cass. (goldentop), and species is Euthamia occidentalis Nutt. (western golden top).

Flowers in the Aster family grow in florets so that means that the Western Goldentop can have florets. The Western Goldentop grows in North America from Nebraska west to California, north to British Columbia and south to Arizona and New Mexico.

Ecological Information ¹⁰

Ethnobotanical Information ¹¹

References ¹²

Plantsforfuture.com
Plantsforhealth.com
Plants.usda.gov

About the Author ¹²

Student author(s)*: First Riley (age 13) and Lorenzo (age 12) from South Valley Academy

*The entries in this field guide have been edited by Yerba Mansa Project staff to ensure that they contain quality, fact-checked content and standardized formatting.

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2. (c) Andrey Zharkikh, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/zharkikh/8041307794/
3. (c) stonebird, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/stonebird/3967754637/
4. (c) Andrey Zharkikh, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/zharkikh/8041297127/
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7. (c) Jonathan Coffin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/stonebird/3863577259/
8. Adapted by caseynm from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthamia_occidentalis
9. Adapted by smiller33 from a work by (c) kristen_himm, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
10. Adapted by caseynm from a work by (c) kristen_himm, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
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More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Calflora
• CalPhotos
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Jepson eFlora
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• OregonFlora.org
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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