Bigelowia nuttallii
Appearance
Bigelowia nuttallii | |
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Black Warrior River, Blount County, Alabama | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Bigelowia |
Species: | B. nuttallii
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Binomial name | |
Bigelowia nuttallii L.C.Anderson
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Bigelowia nuttallii (Nuttall's rayless goldenrod)[1] is a species of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the southern United States (Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida).[2]
Bigelowia nuttallii is a sub-shrub up to 70 cm (28 inches) tall, often forming clumps. Most of the leaves are in a rosette near the ground, with smaller and narrower leaves on the stems. Flower heads are small, yellow, and displayed in flat-topped arrays, each with 2-6 disc florets but no ray florets. The plants generally grow in sandy soil.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ NRCS. "Bigelowia nuttallii". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Flora of North America, Nuttall’s rayless-goldenrod, Bigelowia nuttallii L. C. Anderson
- ^ Anderson, Loran Crittendon. 1970. Sida 3(7): 451-465
External links
[edit]- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas
- Discover Life
- Mt. Cuba Center, Hockessin, Delaware, Bigelowia nuttallii, Nuttall's rayless-goldenrod
- Native Florida Wildflowers
- Alabama Plant Atlas