Wyethia arizonica, the Arizona mule's ears, is a plant species native to Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. It grows in meadows in coniferous forests at elevations of .Flora of North America v 21 p 103.
Wyethia arizonica is a perennial herb with a large taproot, the shoot up to tall. Leaves are elliptic to lanceolate, up to long. Flower heads are 1-4 per plant, with yellow flowers.Gray, Asa. Notes on Compositae and characters of certain genera and species, etc. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 8: 631-661. 1873.Cronquist, A.J. 1994. Asterales. 5: 1–496. In A.J. Cronquist, A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren (eds.) Intermountain Flora. Hafner Pub. Co., New York.Weber, W. A. 1946. A taxonomic and cytological study of the genus Wyethia, family Compositae, with notes on the related genus Balsamorhiza. American Midland Naturalist 35: 400–452.
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