Acourtia nana
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Mutisioideae |
| Tribe: | Nassauvieae[1] |
| Genus: | Acourtia |
| Species: | A. nana |
| Binomial name | |
| Acourtia nana (A.Gray) Reveal & R.M.King | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Perezia nana A.Gray | |
Acourtia nana (common names desert holly or dwarf desert peony) is a North American species of perennial plants in the sunflower family. found in the Sonoran Desert.[3]:77 It is found in the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Desert regions of the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas) and northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Zacatecas).[4][5][6]
Flowers, uncommonly seen, have a scent similar to jasmine or violets.[3]:74
References
- ↑ "Genus Acourtia". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
- ↑ The Plant List Acourtia nana (A.Gray) Reveal & R.M.King
- 1 2 Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, ISBN 9780762773688
- ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 73, 74 Desert holly, dwarf desertpeony Acourtia nana (A. Gray) Reveal & R. M. King, Phytologia. 27: 230. 1973.
- ↑ Gray, Asa 1849. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Science, new series 4(1): 111 descriptions in English and Latin
- ↑ Reveal, J. L. and R. M. King. 1973. Re-establishment of Acourtia D. Don (Asteraceae). Phytologia 27: 228–232.
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