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Silkgrasses
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Silkgrasses

Pityopsis

Pityopsis is a genus of North American plants in the aster tribe within the sunflower family. Species of Pityopsis are known by the common names silkgrass or golden asters or grass-leaved goldenasters .

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12 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Pineland Silkgrass

speciesPityopsis aspera

Sickleleaf Silk-grass

speciesPityopsis falcata

Tracy's Silkgrass

speciesPityopsis tracyi

Narrowleaf silkgrass

speciesPityopsis graminifolia

Scrub Goldenaster

speciesPityopsis aequilifolia

Broad-leaved goldenaster

speciesPityopsis latifolia

West Gulf Grassleaf-Goldenaster

speciesPityopsis tenuifolia

sandhill golden aster

speciesPityopsis pinifolia

Grassleaf Goldaster

speciesPityopsis oligantha

Small-headed Silkgrass

speciesPityopsis microcephala

Zigzag Silkgrass

speciesPityopsis flexuosa

Ruth's golden aster

speciesPityopsis ruthii

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