| Taxon | Heterotheca sessiliflora subsp. sessiliflora |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | heterotheca; false goldenaster; false golden-aster; falsegoldenaster |
| Species common name(s) | sessile-flower golden-aster; sessile-flower goldenaster; sessileflower goldenaster; sessile-flower false-goldenaster; sessileflower false goldenaster; sessile-flower false goldenaster; sessileflower falsegoldenaster |
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| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | hairy golden-aster, hairy goldenaster, hairy golden aster are more commonly applied to Heterotheca villosa; telegraph weed is more commonly applied to Heterotheca grandiflora than the entire genus; goldenaster, golden-aster, golden aster are applied to multiple Asteraceae taxa; camphor-weed, camphor weed, camphorweed are applied to taxa in multiple families |
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| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. sessiliflora |
