Flaveria palmeri
| Flaveria palmeri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Flaveria |
| Species: | F. palmeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Flaveria palmeri J.R.Johnst. 1903
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Flaveria intermedia J.R.Johnst. | |
Flaveria palmeri is a rare Mexican plant species of Flaveria within the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in the States of Coahuila and Nuevo León in northeastern Mexico.[2][3]
Flaveria palmeri grows in dry gypsum soils in the Chihuahuan Desert. It is a shrub up to 75 cm (30 in) tall. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 8 cm (3 in) long. One plant can produce numerous small yellow flower heads in loose, branching arrays. Each head contains 3-8 disc flowers plus a few ray flowers.[2][4]
References
- ^ The Plant List, Flaveria palmeri J.R.Johnst.
- ^ a b Powell, Albert Michael. 1979. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 65(2): 621-622 description and commentary in English, distribution map on page 608
- ^ photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 1989
- ^ Johnston, John Robert. 1903. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 39: 290