Heterotheca viscida, called the cliff goldenaster, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It grows on cliffs and ledges in mountainous regions. It grows in the southwestern United States, primarily in Arizona, New Mexico and southern Texas with reports of isolated populations in Nevada, southeastern Idaho, and southeastern Colorado.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution mapFlora of North America, Heterotheca viscida (A. Gray) V. L. Harms, 1968. Cliff goldenaster University of Waterloo (Canada), Astereae Lab, Heterotheca viscida photos, drawings, distribution mapSEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter photos, description, distribution mapHarms, Vernon Lee. 1968. Rhodora 70(782): 302
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External links Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Arizona in 1881, isotype of Chrysopsis villosa var. viscida/Heterotheca viscida