Grindelia vetimontis

Grindelia vetimontis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Astereae
Genus:	Grindelia
Species:	G. vetimontis
Binomial name
	Grindelia vetimontis; G.L.Nesom 1990

Grindelia vetimontis is a rare North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is native to northeastern Mexico, found only in the State of Nuevo León.^[1]

Grindelia vetimontis is a perennial herb up to 50 cm (20 in) tall, forming a thick underground rhizome. The plant produces only one flower head per stem, the head 15–18 mm (0.59–0.71 in) across. Each head has 22-24 ray flowers surrounding numerous disc flowers.^[2]

References

^ Nesom, G.L. 1990. Studies in the systematics of Mexican and Texan Grindelia (Asteraceae: Astereae). Phytologia 68(4): 317 distribution map on page 317
^ Nesom, G.L. 1990. Studies in the systematics of Mexican and Texan Grindelia (Asteraceae: Astereae). Phytologia 68(4): 330 diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in English

External links

photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 1992

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[1] Nesom, G.L. 1990. Studies in the systematics of Mexican and Texan Grindelia (Asteraceae: Astereae). Phytologia 68(4): 317 distribution map on page 317

[2] Nesom, G.L. 1990. Studies in the systematics of Mexican and Texan Grindelia (Asteraceae: Astereae). Phytologia 68(4): 330 diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in English

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