Heterotheca pumila

Heterotheca pumila, the alpine goldenaster, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It grows in alpine and subalpine regions in the mountains of the western United States. It has been found the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico.^[2][3][4]

Heterotheca pumila
Conservation status
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Heterotheca
Species:	H. pumila
Binomial name
Heterotheca pumila (Greene) Semple 1987
Synonyms[1]
Chrysopsis pumila Greene 1894 Chrysopsis alpicola Rydb. Chrysopsis alpicola var. glomerata A.Nelson Chrysopsis cooperi A.Nelson Chrysopsis villosa var. glomerata (A.Nelson) V.L.Harms

Typically, it typically grows up to about 15 inches tall, and blooms between July and September.^[5] Appearance-wise, it has multiple yellow flowers on top of a roundish mound of green-gray leaves. It is described to have a "strongly pungent" smell.^[6]