Luina hypoleuca

Luina hypoleuca
	Luina hypoleuca in Mount Rainier National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Luina
Species:	L. hypoleuca
Binomial name
	Luina hypoleuca; Benth.

Luina hypoleuca, the littleleaf silverback,^[1] is a species of the genus Luina and the family Asteraceae. It grows to 40 centimetres (16 inches) in height, its leaves 2.5–6.5 cm (1–2+1⁄2 in) long and white on the underside (hence the specific epithet, meaning 'bottom white').^[2] It flowers between June and October, with yellowish rayless flower heads about 9 millimetres (3⁄8 in) long.^[2] It is found in North America on open and usually rocky places between elevations of 70–2,100 metres (230–6,890 feet) in British Columbia, California, Oregon, and Washington.^[3]

Top view
Leaf bottom

References

^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Luina hypoleuca". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b Spellenberg, Richard (2001) [1979]. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Western Region (rev ed.). Knopf. pp. 384–385. ISBN 978-0-375-40233-3.
^ "1. Luina hypoleuca Bentham". Flora of North America. 20: 626, 628.

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[1] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Luina hypoleuca". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 23 June 2015.

[:0-2] Spellenberg, Richard (2001) [1979]. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Western Region (rev ed.). Knopf. pp. 384–385. ISBN 978-0-375-40233-3.

[FNA-3] "1. Luina hypoleuca Bentham". Flora of North America. 20: 626, 628.

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