Hypochaeris sessiliflora
| Hypochaeris sessiliflora | |
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| Chikku chikku or cat's ear (Hypochaeris sessiliflora) on Cotopaxi, Ecuador | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Hypochaeris |
| Species: | H. sessiliflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypochaeris sessiliflora Kunth 1818
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Synonymy
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Hypochaeris sessiliflora, the chikku chikku, is a South American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is a terrestrial herb of high Andean forest to high altitude páramo (2,500–4,500 m).[2]
Hypochaeris sessiliflora is a small plant rarely more than 13 cm tall. Flowers are usually yellow or white, rarely purple or orange. Each head contains about 25 ray flowers but no disc flowers.[3]
- Colombia (South America)
- Ecuador (South America)
- Peru (South America)
- Venezuela (South America)
- Bolivia (South America)
References[edit]
- ^ The Plant List, Hypochaeris sessiliflora Kunth
- ^ a b Chikku Chikku in Encyclopedia of Life
- ^ a b Urtubey, E., T. F. Stuessy & K. Tremetsberger. 2009. Systematics of the South American Hypochaeris sessiliflora complex (Asteraceae, Cichorieae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 96(4): 685–714 includes descriptions, line drawings, and distribution maps of this and several related species
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