Chrysopsis highlandsensis K.R. Delaney & R.P. Wunderlin is native to the southern central "highlands" of peninsular Florida in Highlands and Polk Counties (Delaney et al. 2002). It can be locally common but not widely distributed. It has woolly oblong leaves with wavy margins and heads with glandular phyllaries. The species is diploid (2n=10).ÌýÌý. Semple & Steenhof (2025) compared C. scabrella, C. delaneyi, C. highlandsensis, and C. floridana in a multivariate morphometric analysis with leaf hair length, number of disc florets, mid stem leaf length, and upper stem leaf width being the statistically strongest traits separating the four species.
DeLaney, K.R. and R. P. Wunderlin. 2002. A new species of Chrysopsis (Asteraceae, Astereae) from central Florida. Botanical Explorer 2: 1-20.
Semple, J.C. and N. Steenhof. 2025. A multivariate morphometric study of the Chrysopsis scabrella complex in Peninsula Florida (Asteraceae: Astereae). Phytoneuron 2025-6: 1-13.
Last revised 6 May 2025 by J.C. Semple
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1-4. Chrysopsis highlandsensis. 1. Robust plants, Semple et al. 10899, Highlands Co., Florida 2. Plants, Semple et al. 10897, Polk Co., Florida. 3. Bolting rosette shifted from woolly to nearly hairless leaves, Semple et al. 11144, Brevard Co., Florida. 4. Upper stem leaves, S et al. 10899. 5. Inflorescence, S et al. 10899. 6. Range map.