Amphiachyris dracunculoides

Broomweed
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Astereae
Genus:	Amphiachyris
Species:	A. dracunculoides
Binomial name
	Amphiachyris dracunculoides; (DC.) Nutt.
Synonyms
	Brachyris dracunculoides DC.; Brachyris ramosissima Hook.; Gutierrezia lindheimeriana Scheele; Xanthocephalum dracunculoides (DC.) Shinners;

Amphiachyris dracunculoides (broomweed) is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family. It is native to the United States, primarily the southern Great Plains from Missouri to eastern New Mexico.^[2]^[3]

Amphiachyris dracunculoides is a tall annual herb occasionally reaching as much as 200 cm (7 feet) in height. Flowers are yellow, with both ray florets and disc florets.^[4]

References

^ The Plant List Amphiachyris dracunculoides (DC.) Nutt.
^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
^ Lane, M. A. 1979. Taxonomy of the genus Amphiachyris (Asteraceae: Astereae). Systematic Botany 4(2): 178–188.
^ Flora of North America Vol. 20 Page 86, 88 Prairie broomweed, Amphiachyris dracunculoides (de Candolle) Nuttall

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[1] The Plant List Amphiachyris dracunculoides (DC.) Nutt.

[2] Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map

[3] Lane, M. A. 1979. Taxonomy of the genus Amphiachyris (Asteraceae: Astereae). Systematic Botany 4(2): 178–188.

[4] Flora of North America Vol. 20 Page 86, 88 Prairie broomweed, Amphiachyris dracunculoides (de Candolle) Nuttall

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