Hymenopappus hintoniorum
Hymenopappus hintoniorum is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family. It grows in northern Mexico, in the state of Coahuila.[1]
| Hymenopappus hintoniorum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Hymenopappus |
| Species: | H. hintoniorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Hymenopappus hintoniorum B.L.Turner 1985 | |
Hymenopappus hintoniorum grows at high elevations (3000 meters (10,000 feet) or more above sea level) in the Sierra Madre Occidental. It is a biennial herb up to 150 cm (5 feet) tall. It has very narrow divided leaves, resembling branching threads. One plant produces numerous flower heads in flat-topped clusters, each head with 100 or more yellow disc flowers but no ray flowers.[2]
References
- Tropicos, Hymenopappus hintoniorum B.L. Turner
- Johnston, Ivan Murray. 1923. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 68: 95 description in Latin, commentary in English
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