Centromadia fitchii
Appearance
Centromadia fitchii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Centromadia |
Species: | C. fitchii
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Binomial name | |
Centromadia fitchii | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Hemizonia fitchii A.Gray |
Centromadia fitchii, common name Fitch's spikeweed[2] or Fitch's tarweed,[3] is a species of North American plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. It is native to California and southwestern Oregon.[4][5]
Centromadia fitchii is an herb up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall. It produces arrays of numerous yellow flower heads with both ray florets and disc florets.[6][7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ The Plant List, Centromadia fitchii (A.Gray) Greene
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Hemizonia fitchii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Centromadia fitchii (A.Gray) Greene, Spikeweed
- ^ Flora of North America, Spikeweed, Centromadia Greene
- ^ Greene, Edward Lee 1894. Manual of the Botany of the Region of San Francisco Bay 197
- ^ Gray, Asa 1857. Reports of explorations and surveys: to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, made under the direction of the Secretary of War 4: 109 as Hemizonia fitchii
External links
[edit]- Calflora Database: Centromadia fitchii (Spikeweed)
- U.C. Photos gallery Centromadia fitchii — formerly Hemezonia fitchii.
Media related to Centromadia fitchii at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Madieae
- Flora of California
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Flora of Oregon
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
- Plants described in 1857
- Taxa named by Edward Lee Greene
- Asteroideae stubs