Index / Search / Chrysopsis gossypina
§1 Plant
Chrysopsis gossypina (Michx.) Elliott
vernacular cottony goldenaster — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Chrysopsis
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 93 counties across 7 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 93 counties across 7 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hernando 12053
- Jackson 12063
- Lafayette 12067
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Pasco 12101
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Taylor 12123
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Chowan 37041
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Gates 37073
- Greene 37079
- Harnett 37085
- Hoke 37093
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lenoir 37107
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Pender 37141
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Wake 37183
- Wayne 37191
Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CHGO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5385918 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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