Grindelia grandiflora
| Grindelia grandiflora | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Genus: | Grindelia |
| Species: | G. grandiflora |
| Binomial name | |
| Grindelia grandiflora Hook. 1852 | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Grindelia grandiflora, manyray gumweed,[3] is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is native to the south-central United States and north-central Mexico, in the States of Texas and Coahuila.[4][5]
Grindelia grandiflora grows in grasslands, scrublands, ditches, and roadsides, and along streambanks. It is an annual herb sometimes as much as 200 cm (80 inches or almost 7 feet) tall. The plant usually produces numerous flower heads in open, branching arrays. Each head has 17-26 ray flowers, surrounding a large number of tiny disc flowers.[6][7]
References
- ↑ Tropicos, Grindelia grandiflora Hook.
- ↑ The Plant List, Grindelia grandiflora Hook.
- ↑ "Grindelia grandiflora". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ Nesom, G.L. 1990. Studies in the systematics of Mexican and Texan Grindelia (Asteraceae: Astereae. Phytologia 68(4): 303–332 distribution map on page 309
- ↑ Flora of North America, Grindelia decumbens Greene, 1896.
- ↑ Hooker, William Jackson. 1852. : Curtis's botanical magazine 78: plate 4628 plus 2 subsequent text pages full-page colour illustration, diagnosis in Latin, commentary and figure captions in English
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